The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Buruji Kashamu as the governorship
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun state.
The commission announced this in
the final list of governorship candidates released on Thursday.
Ladi Adebutu and Kashamu had been
at loggerheads over the governorship ticket of the PDP in the state.
The PDP is backing Adebutu whom
it handed over the party’s flag as its candidate last year but Kashamu who
belongs to another faction insisted he was the authentic flagbearer of the
party and INEC eventually recognised candidates in Kashamu’s camp to
participate in the upcoming elections.
The PDP recently called on the
commission to drop Kashamu’s name and substitute it with that of Adebutu.
The party made reference to an
appeal court ruling which it said identified Adebutu as its authentic candidate
in the state.
A statement from the party had
read: “The PDP cautions the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to insulate the commission from
unnecessary controversies by immediately obeying the judgment of the Court of
Appeal of December 18, 2018, and without further delay reflect Hon. Ladi
Adebutu’s name on the ballot, in the interest of a hitch free and peaceful
election in Ogun state.
“The PDP states that Hon. Ladi
Adebutu’s name was duly and statutorily submitted to INEC after he won the
governorship primary conducted by the National Working Committee (NWC), the
only body empowered by law to conduct such primaries. The PDP has not
substituted his nomination with anybody and such is not in our contemplation.”
Reuben Abati, a seasoned
journalist, is Kashamu’s running mate.
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