Bisi Kolawole
By Our Reporter
Former Governor Ayodele Fayose’s anointed aspirant for the People’s Democratic Party governorship primary, Bisi Kolawole has emerged the party’s candidate for the June 18 poll in Ekiti State.
Kolawole, who polled 671 votes to defeat his close rival, former governor Segun Oni, who got 330 votes out of a total of 1200 delegates that participated in the primary out of which 1185 votes were cast .
The Chairman of the Ekiti PDP Gubernational Primary Election and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, who announced the results , said Kolawole polled 671 to defeat Oni and other aspirants.
Similarly, former member, House of Representatives, Hon Wale Aribisala, scored 56 votes, former Deputy Governor Kolapo Eleka, 93, Ayodele Kazeem, 06, while Kayode Adaramodu scored 10 votes respectively.
In the same vein, Mrs Adekemi Adewumi got 0 vote, Lateef Ajijola, 03 and Mrs Biodun Olujimi got 02 votes.
The election which was held at the Great Eagles Hall in Ado Ekiti, started on schedule and could be adjudged to be peaceful.
Emmanuel said: “Bisi Kolawole, having scored the highest number of votes cast in this election, is hereby declared the winner in accordance with the guidelines of our party”.
Emmanuel congratulated all the aspirants, saying the process was an internal affairs of the party and about PDP.
Kolawole, who hails from Efon in Ekiti Central Senatorial District, was elected a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly in 2007 and was appointed a Commissioner for Environment in 2014 by Fayose.
In his response, Kolawole commended the leadership of the party for providing a level playing ground for all aspirants, saying no breach of security and
“Let me commend someone who is a good coach who discovered me . He just have seen something in me or read my antecedents . He is wizard. I thank him for willingly giving me his endorsement making me the winner of this primary. The person is former governor Ayodele Fayose.
“Today, I want to say that we are all winners. enge Segun Oni is my brother and friend and I know that he will support this process. I want to commend other aspirants and appreciate them . Nobody can do it all alone.
“We are committed to delivering the people from.syfferings being meted out to them in the last three years. You could all attest to the fact that the process of this election was free and fair , so I willingly accept to be the flagbearer of our great party in the forthcoming governorship election in Ekiti”.
