Jegede’s chance brightened as 10major parties merge with PDP ahead of Ondo guber poll
No fewer than 10 major parties out of the 17 participating political partieshave resolved to support Eyitayo Jegede, the candidate of the People’ s democratic Party (PDP), in the next Saturday governorship election in Ondo State.
The parties are Accord Party (AP), Action Alliance ( AA), Action Democraticparty ( ADP), ( All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA), ( African Action Congress(aac), Allied People’s Movement (APM), APP, New Nigeria People’s Party ( NNPP) Nationalrescue Movement (NRM) and Social Democratic (SDP).
The 10 political parties made the resolution on Monday at the PDP Secretariatin Akure, the Ondo State capital as part of political moves to wrest power fromgovernor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s government of All Progressives Congress (APC).
Oladele Ogunbameru, state chairman of Social
Democratic Party ( SDP), who spokeon behalf of other political parties, said the decision was made on Sunday(october 4, 2020) at a meeting held with their party leaders and chieftains ofthe PDP.
According to Ogunbameru, the move was borne out of their commitment to goodgovernance in the state, which they believe can only be offered by the PDP.
But while reacting to the new development, Fatai Adams, the State PDP chairman,said the support from these 10 political parties have indicated the acceptability of Jegede which shows that the party will emerge victorious onsaturday.