The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has said that it is ready for the state’s gubernatorial election, which has been scheduled for October this year by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Speaking with our correspondent, the Ondo State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ayo Fadaka, said the party was ready to take over Ondo State.
On the rumoured endorsement of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for a second term by President Muhammadu Buhari, Fadaka said, “That is not our problem. It is the problem of the APC. President Muhammadu Buhari is a member of the APC and has the right to endorse anybody he wishes as the candidate of his party. But that is not our problem.
“We will even be the happiest group if APC picks Akeredolu as its candidate as that will present an easy win for us. Many people in our dear state are tired of Akeredolu’s misrule, so presenting him as a candidate of the APC in the October 2020 election will be to our advantage.”
He said though the COVID-19 pandemic had affected all the political parties’ preparations for the election, the PDP would be victorious.
Fadaka said the PDP would come out of its primary next month, stronger as a party, saying the primary would not cause any implosion in the party.
