By DAYO JOHNSON

AKURE—AHEAD of the October 20 governorship election in Ondo State, the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday, adopted the immediate past National Legal Adviser of the party, Chief Olusola Oke, as its consensus candidate.

At a briefing, in Akure, the state chairman of the party, Mr. Ebenezer Alabi, said the party agreed on the consensus agreement to avoid the post-crisis that usually trail party primaries.

Alabi said the 90-member committee comprising  five each from all the 18 council areas of the state  put in place by the party to screen the aspirants, submitted their report and another committee representing one each from the council met and agreed on Oke.

Oke defeated other aspirants which included the former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Victor Olabimtan; former Head of Service, Mr. Alaba Isijola; a 41-year- old business mogul, Moyosola Niran-Oladunni; former Military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, Prince Joseph Adewusi; former Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dare Bada; Mr. Ajibola Adeyeye; Mr. Mackson Medoye and Mr. Demola Ijabiyi, a former campaign manager of former governor, Chief  Adekunle Ajasin and business mogul, Mr.  Jimoh Ibrahim.

The committee, according to him, met with input from the 10 aspirants and agreed that Oke should be the consensus candidate of the party.

The chairman pointed out that the report of the 18 members was presented to the larger house and it was agreed that the Oke ticket would sell the party.

Alabi said the party had not agreed on the positin of deputy and where it should be zoned. He said that the party congress where Oke candidature would be adopted would come up on July 21.

On the possibility of any of the aggrieved aspirants going to court on the decision, the chairman said that all the ten aspirants and the party leadership have agreed that none of them would challenge the outcome of the committee.

Alabi added that they all signed a memorandum of under standing that none of them would defect to another political party or go to court to challenge the decision of the committee.