Ondo 2020: Kuku supports Southern Governorship ticket

Says the PDP must conspire with the electorates to ignite victory Former Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs, and the former Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Kingsley Kuku, has said the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State should consider the Southern Senatorial District for its ticket to ignite victory ahead of the October 10. governorship election. In an article titled a ”Political Coup” on Monday, Kuku said the PDP must be sensitive to conventional wisdom and political expediency in her choice of Candidates in the forthcoming election. Speaking to Starnews NG in a

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Ondo 2020: Sen. Tofowomo urges PDP to feature its candidate from Ondo South

Says Ondo Central recently spent 8 years under Mimiko With commonsense, governorship should go back to the south, he declares The Lawmaker representing Ondo South Senatorial District at the 9th Senate, Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, on Tuesday, urged the leadership of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State to pick its gubernatorial candidate from the Southern District of the State ahead of the governorship election on October 10, this year. Starnews NG reports that Senator Tofowomo gave this advice to the leadership of the PDP in a statement by his Media Aide, Akinrinlola Olumide, on Tuesday, as his position on

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Ondo 2020: Okunomo is a young vibrant man that has put life into the contest of PDP – Faboyede

Says Banji Okunomo is too young to fumble if he secures the ticket of the party and become governor The Ondo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Engr Clement Faboyede, has said that Banji Okunomo is too young to fumble if he is able to clinch the ticket of the party and become the governor of the state. Starnews NG reports that Faboyede also said that Okunomo is a young vibrant man who has put life into the contest of PDP in Ondo State. Banji Ben Okunomo, Ondo State PDP leading governorship aspirant The PDP chairman made this statement

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Ondo 2020: I’m in the race to become Ondo governor, not deputy – Banji Okunomo

Let no one live in the delusion that I can surrogate my ambition for deputy The youngest Governorship Aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Banji Okunomo, has said that he would not surrogate his ambition to become a deputy governorship candidate of the Party ahead of the governorship election on October 10, 2020. Okunomo is one of the governorship aspirants from the Southern District of Ondo State from the oil-producing Ilaje local government council. The former council boss and the leading governorship aspirant of the PDP spoke in a telephone interview with Starnew NG on Thursday.

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Ondo 2020: Okitipupa produces Eddy Olafeso as sole governorship aspirant

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant and the National Vice Chairman, Southwest of the PDP, Chief Eddy Olafeso, on Thursday, emerged the sole governorship aspirant produced by Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. Olafeso emerged through a shadow primary election conducted by the four governorship aspirants in the local government in a bid to reduce the multitude of aspirants from the southern part of Ondo State in preparation for the PDP primary election ahead of the October 10 governorship election in the State. In a resolution signed by Dr. Eddy Olafeso, Sen. Boluwaji Kunlere, Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, Engr. Ogunwa

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I’m confident PDP will field its candidate from the southern district — Bitire

I know that after much lesson learnt, the People’s Democratic Part (PDP) in Ondo State will field its candidate from the Southern Senatorial District of the state ahead October 10 governorship election. No amount trick, deceit, propaganda and self glorification of whatever guise would make the PDP to go outside the favoured district in this coming election. We already had enough of ugly lessons from the past mistakes whereby the party took the electorates for granted by contravening the political culture of Ondo State. As one of the foundational members of the PDP in Ondo State, who was once the

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2020: Pick another candidate and lose Ondo State, Akeredolu dares APC

Ahead of Ondo State governorship election, the state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, whose position is being eyed by some interested party members, on Saturday, dared the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to replace him with any other person if it wishes to win the state. The Vanguard reports that Akeredolu, who became the governor of the state in February 2017, told journalists in Abuja that he is the only person who could win the election for APC in Ondo State given his pedigree, achievements, and general acceptability by the majority of the people of the state. He boasted

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Banji Okunomo gives reasons political parties always suffer defeat in Ondo election

where a political party fails to respect this equitable principle of zoning,,’ such party would suffer defeat in the hands of the electorates and Providence, because the Universe is constantly on the side of Justice.” Hon. Banji Okunomo, the leading gubernatorial Aspirant of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of 2020 election in Ondo State, on Saturday, gave reasons political parties in Ondo State are always suffering defeat in Ondo State election. In a statement made available to Starnews NG in Akure, Ondo State capital, Okunomo, appealed to those who are disturbed by the state wide clamour of the people for

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Who Is Banji Okunomo?

By Akinrinlola Olumide For the benefit of those who probably have not seen Hon. Banji Okunomo that got Ondo State talking today with reference to his current political aspiration of becoming the governor of the state in 2020, Okunomo hails from Ode-Etikan community in Ilaje local government area of Ondo state. He had his primary school education in the same town, and his secondary school education at community grammar school, Zion Pepe, a neighbouring community in the same Local Government. He thereafter proceeded to Federal University of Technology, Akure, where he bagged a degree in biochemistry in 2001. He is

By |June 30th, 2019|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |0 Comments

Group Declares Support For PDP Guber Aspirant Ahead of Ondo 2020 Election

While they were declaring their support for the governorship ambition of Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, one of the governorship Aspirants of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, a non political group, Ondo Leadership Forum (OLF), has commended Akingboye for his exceptional groundbreaking services to the people of the state and Nigeria at large. In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Wale Ogidan, the group described the business man as a standard of exemplary leadership, who believes in helping the poor and the needy in the society. The statement partly reads: “Otunba Akingboye has been practically tested on many

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