The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has cleared the former Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, Wale Adedayo, to participate in the party’s primaries for chairmanship aspirants scheduled for Saturday, News About Nigeria reports.
The party’s publicity secretary, Afolabi Orekoya, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
He noted that the former chairman is re-contesting for the chairmanship position in Ijebu East Local Government, adding that he is part of the hundreds of aspirants who were screened for eligibility to contest in the local government elections coming up in November.
The primary election is scheduled to be held on the 5th and 7th of September across wards and LGs.
The statement reads, “Hundreds of aspirants from the 236 Wards and 20 Local Governments of Ogun State obtained the party’s nomination forms and were screened for eligibility to contest in the Local Government Elections coming up in November.
“Among the aspirants screened at the Party Secretariat in Abeokuta was the former Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, Chief Wale Adedayo, who is recontesting for the Chairmanship position in Ijebu East Local Government’.
“The party has scheduled Thursday, 5th, and Saturday, 7th September as respective dates for the Councillorship and Chairmanship Primary Elections across the 236 Wards and 20 LGs.
“The members of the party should go out peacefully for the primaries in their various wards to elect the councillors and chairmanship candidates of their choice.”
Recall that the journalist turned politician was the Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress until his impeachment in August last year after accusing Governor Dapo Abiodun of diverting N10.8 billion in local government funds.
The state government had, however, vehemently denied the allegations of Adedayo, describing them as baseless.
