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Segun Sowunmi on Wednesday emerged the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State.
Sowunmi contested the election with two other aspirants, Otunba Jimi Lawal and Hon. Ladi Adebutu.
Sowunmi polled 554 votes to defeat his closest rival, Lawal who scored 30 votes, while Adebutu polled 15 votes.
The election which was held at the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abeokuta, the State capital, was conducted in the presence of security ..
The election which was monitored by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) was peaceful, free and fair.
The chairman of the electoral committee, Mr Abayomi Daniel announced Sowunmi the winner of the election after the votes were counted.
According to Daniel, a total number of 778 delegates were accredited, 702 votes were cast while three votes were voided.
“By the power conferred on me by the national leadership of our great party as the chairman electoral committee of the PDP governorship primary election in Ogun State declared Hon. Segun Sowunmi as the winner of the election having polled the highest number of votes and he is hereby returned and elected,” Daniel said…
