On Wednesday, the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presented a Certificate of Return to its Ekiti State governorship candidate, Oluwole Oluyede.
New Telegraph reports that the event attracted party leaders, members of the National Executive Committee (NWC), PDP governors, serving and former members of the Board of Trustees (BoT), current and past lawmakers, and other stakeholders.
Held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja at 2 pm, the PDP National Chairman, Kabiru Turaki, who presentedthe certificate, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) endorsed the presentation andwas duly representedat the event, as well as at the primary election which produced the candidate.
Turaki asked Oluyede toseehis selection as an endorsement and a challenge to help the party win Ekiti Statein theelection, whichwillbe highly competitive.
According to him, the main opposition partystillremainsaparty of choice for the majority of Nigerians, and urged the candidate to regard his candidacy as a mandate to win Ekiti State for the opposition party.
Responding, the PDP candidate thanked theleadership of theparty for finding him worthy of the honour, andhepromised to fly the PDP flag with a sense of responsibilityand to visitevery local government areaofthe stateandensurevictory forthe party.
He hailed the primary election Organising Committee for doing a marvellous job despite the daunting challenges that presented themselves before the panel.
Oluyede promised the people of Ekiti State that voting for him and the PDP would translate into long-awaited liberation and rapid economic transformation for the state.
Recall that the medical expert emerged as the PDP governorship candidatein the primary electionheldon November 8 through the early hours of November 9.
He polled 279 votes to defeat Funso Ayeni, who scored 239 votes, and Funmilayo Ogun, who had 17 votes.
