Ondo Guber: Olorunfemi clinches Labour Party ticket
Ahead of the November governorship poll in Ondo State, Dr Ayodele Olorunfemi has clinched the gubernatorial ticket of the Labour Party, LP. Olorunfemi emerged as the winner of the primaries of the party conducted on Friday at the party’s secretariat in Akure, the state capital. Hon. Olusola Ayodele, the chairman of the primary election committee, who declared the result, disclosed that out of the three aspirants who initially showed interest, only Olorunfemi obtained the party’s nomination form of N25 million. He said: “We have no other option than to pronounce the sole aspirant, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, having fulfilled the condition
Oyo LG Poll: 14 suspected thugs arrested for attacking electoral officials
No fewer than 14 suspected political thugs have been arrested for attacking electoral officials and allegedly snatching ballot papers meant for election in Kajola local government area of Oyo State slated for Saturday. Chairman, Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC, Isiaka Olagunju, confirmed the attack on Friday. Olagunju maintained that the Divisional Police Officer in the town had been mandated to arrest the suspects. He further debunked rumors claiming that ballot papers were snatched during the attack. Olagunju said, “That is not true. The fact is that there was an attack on our officials last night. Our officials were attacked
Ondo 2024: Olafeso issues quit notice to Aiyedatiwa, congratulates Agboola Ajayi
By Our Correspondent The former National Chairman South West of the People’s Democratic Party, Dr Eddy Olafeso, has congratulated Agboola Ajayi after he emerged winner in the Ondo PDP primary election. He called on other aspirants to join him and the leadership of the party in campaigning for Agboola to reclaim the state from the ruling APC. While assuring that the PDP will take over the state in November this year, Olafeso asked the State Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to prepare himself to leave the government house. He called upon all the PDP defectors to return to the party
Ondo Pdp Congratulates Agboola Ajayi
PRESS STATEMENT. ONDO PDP CONGRATULATES AGBOOLA AJAYI: IT WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State Chapter wishes to congratulate His Excellency Agboola Ajayi on his emergence as the flag bearer of the party for the forthcoming Governorship election in the State. Our party also congratulates all other contestants who displayed a high sense of sportsmanship and decorum during and after the primary election. It was a family affair, which has demonstrated to the entire world that, the PDP is serious about its readiness to re-occupy the Alagbaka Government House, Akure. The last seven years of the
LG Polls: Oyo declares Friday half working day
By Miracle Ogunde Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has approved the declaration of Friday, April 26, 2024, as a half working day for all public and civil servants in the state. This is in connection with the local government election slated for Saturday, April 27, 2024. In a circular signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Olanike Adeyemo, government offices are to close by 12 noon on Friday, while personnel covering essential services are expected to remain at their duty posts. The state government, in the circular, enjoined all public and civil servants to go out and
How Ondo Aggrieved APC aspirants walked out on Ganduje during group photograph
It is not yet uhuru for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa who recently emerged as the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, as some aggrieved aspirants staged a walk out during a group photograph in a meeting in Abuja believed to be for reconciliation. It would be recalled that Starnews NG had earlier reported a meeting scheduled for 2pm today at the party's National Secretariat in Abuja, at the behest of the APC Chairman, Alh. Umaru Ganduje. The meeting, it was reliably learnt, ended in deadlock as the unhappy aspirants were said to have expressed their displeasure
Ondo APC Primary: Ganduje appeals to Jimoh Ibrahim, others to accept Aiyedatiwa’s victory
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday appealed to aggrieved aspirants who participated in Saturday’s primary election in Ondo State to back Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ahead of the November 16 governorship poll. He also told the aspirants how he lost his first attempt at the Kano governorship and said he could not call them aspirants who lost but that they were “aspirants that will be successful tomorrow.” Ayiedatiwa was declared the winner by Governor Usman Ododo-led Primary Election Committee on Sunday after the poll conducted in all the 18 local government areas of the state. But the
Ondo 2024: Pdp Primary elections in Progress
Happening Now: Ondo PDP Governorship Primary Election, voting in progress at the International Culture and Events Centre, Akure.
BREAKING: ‘Resign Now!’ Protesters bombard APC secretariat, demand Ganduje’s resignation
Scores of demonstrators on Thursday stormed the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja to demand the resignation of the National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, following his recent suspension by a faction of his ward executives and the alleged bribery allegation levelled against him by the Kano State government. Chanting solidarity songs and displaying several banners that read, “Ganduje must resign” and “Return the APC chairmanship to North Central,” the protesters appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, to consider returning the leadership of the party to their
Why Ondo APC primary is null and void — Olusola Oke
By: Ade Phillips Ondo state APC governorship aspirant Olusola Oke has contested the validity of the party's recent primary, asserting that it was legally nullified due to the involvement of APC national chairman Abdullahi Ganduje, who was under a court restraint during the election. Oke, who secured the third position with 14,453 votes, highlighted discrepancies in the conduct of the primary, citing non-compliance with legal and party constitutional provisions. Among the issues raised were the lack of a validated membership register and the failure to deploy electoral personnel to designated ward and local government venues as outlined in the
