By Dayo Johnson

Akure—IT was mixed reaction, weekend, in Akure, the Ondo State capital, as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, released the lists of the candidates contesting the National and state Assembly elections on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Candidates, PDP.

The lists of candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Accord Party, AP, and Social Democratic Party, SDP, last week were released last week.

Delay in the release of the list of PDP candidates followed the conduct of parallel primaries by two factions in the state and the subsequent court action.

However, the list of candidates released by INEC indicated that the governor’s faction was accepted, eliciting jubilation across the state.

But the candidates in the other faction, led by business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim wore long faces.

Some of the leaders who spoke with Vanguard vowed to stop the list in court, asking the governor’s faction to be ready for another round of battle in the court this week as soon as the strike by judicial staff is called off.

Basking in the euphoria that his party’s candidates have scaled the INEC hurdle, Information Commissioner, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, said: “With this development, the party is set to commence its campaign.”