The Peoples Democratic Party in ondo state has vowed never to relinquish its hold to power in the State to APC in the forth coming 2016 governorship election.
This declaration was made by the state chairman of the party, Mr. Clement Faboyede, when he led a delegation of the party to pay homage to the new Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade-Aladelusi in his palace.
Mr. Faboyede stated that the party would adopt the zoning formula and conduct party primaries to select its candidate for the next year governorship election, adding that not less than eight aspirants are eyeing the governorship seat, which he said is a testimony to the acceptability of the party in the state.
The party chieftain boasted that the PDP which is the ruling party in the state would retain the governorship seat.
According to him, the incumbent governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, would support a credible candidate to take over from him next year.
His words, “PDP is the only party that is on ground. In next year’s election already, we have not less than eight contestants, vibrant young men who have excelled in their areas of calling from different parts of the state.
“What can you say about other parties? They have nobody in their party. What I am saying is that Mr Governor (Mimiko) will not handpick anybody. We will go through the due process of party zoning and primaries to pick our candidate for the election. Everything will be transparent. There is no party that does not zone, you don’t throw things like that out and it goes haywire and it becomes commoners’ game.”
