Eze Chukwemeka Eze, a chieftain of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, has called on the governorship candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, in the just concluded election in Ondo State, Eyitayo
Jegede, to join the ruling party.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on
Sunday declared the incumbent Governor and candidate of the APC, Oluwarotimi
Akeredolu winner of the governorship election.
Eze, an erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the
defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), told Jegede, who he described as
his very close friend right from their days in Adamawa State “to not only join
APC but work very closely with the Governor for a better and greater Ondo State
as the future of the State lays in the hands of patriotic and educated leaders
like him.”
In a statement he signed and made available on
Monday, Eze said the election was relatively peaceful, “depicting an
appreciable degree of a global standard and demonstrated that the
administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is well equipped to improve on the
democratic credentials of our nation.”
“With this development, APC has proved once again that with
unity future victories of the party in subsequent elections are assured,” he
said.
He also applauded INEC officials and security agents for sticking
to the ethics of fairness in the discharge of their electoral duties.
According to INEC’s returning officer, Prof. Idowu Olayinka,
Akeredolu polled a total of 292,830 votes as against Jegede’s 195,791 votes.
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