INEC also named ALABI EBENEZAR OMOTAYO as the running mate to JIMOH IBRAHIM, based on a court order granted by Justice OKON ABANG of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
By the decision; INEC appears to have affirmed the faction of the PDP led by ALI MODU SHERIFF as the authentic leadership of the party, as against the AHMED MAKARFI group.
The announcement was made in a statement on INEC’s website, confirming the list of candidates for the Ondo State election.
The list also includes the name of ROTIMI AKEREDOLU as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, with ALFRED AGBOOLA AJAYI as his running mate.
ADEUTI STEPHEN TAYE is the candidate of the Labour Party, running alongside AKINBAMIRE ADEBAYO BENSON.
Also in the list is OLUSOLA OKE as the governorship flag-bearer of the Alliance for Democracy, with DAUDA GANNY OLUWADARE as his running mate.
