Fayoses candidate Olusola-Eleka wins Ekiti PDP ticket
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governor ayo fayoses candidate prof. kayode olusola-eleka has emerged the governorship candidate of the peoples democratic party pdp in ekiti state for the july 14 election1 he is at present the deputy governor of the state1 in the primary held on tuesday olusola polled 1190 votes to defeat dayo adeyeye who had 771 votes1 the delegates accredited for the election were 1961 with 7 of the votes voided according to the leader of pdp electoral committee gov. ifeanyi okowa of delta1 nan reports that mr dayo adeyeye who left the venue at about 8p.m accepted the outcome of the primary election which he agreed was conducted under free and fair atmosphere1 in his acceptance speech eleka thanked the delegates for finding him worthy1 he expressed gratitude to mr dayo adeyeye for exhibiting courage throughout the period the pre-primary election1 the deputy governor who praised gov. ayo fayose for standing by him vowed to defeat the candidate of all progressives congress apc in the coming july 14 governorship election in the state1 also reacting gov. fayose promised to embark on meaningful reconciliation by reaching out to aggrieved party leaders especially the duo of dayo adeyeye and mrs abiodun olujimi so that the pdp in the state can be a united house once again1