Connect with us

POLITICS

Adekunle emerges as governorship candidate of SDP

Published

on

An Akure based young entrepreneur, Alhaji Saliu Adekunle, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the just concluded primary election of the party held at Ondo town in Ondo State.

Mr Alfa Mohammed, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, made this known on Friday in a statement in Abuja.

Mohammed said that the candidate emerged as the party’s consensus candidate after two other co-contestants announced their withdrawal from the race.

“The two other contestants withdrew for him in the interest, unity and progress of the party, while the delegates numbering about 700 affirmed his candidature through a voice vote,” he said.

The statement read that Adekunle in his acceptance speech promised to lead the party to victory in the Oct. 10 governorship election and to run a human development based government agenda when elected.

It read that Adekunle expressed his gratitude to the no fewer than 700 delegates, and to the electoral committee from the national headquarters of the party led by Alhaji Hussein Saleh-Dass.

It was reported that Alhaji Saliu Adekunle is from Afin Akoko in the Akoko North-West local government Area of Ondo State.

Diana Omueza

NEWSVERGE, published by The Verge Communications is an online community of international news portal and social advocates dedicated to bringing you commentaries, features, news reports from a Nigerian-African perspective. A unique organization, founded in the spirit of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, comprising of ordinary people with an overriding commitment to seeking the truth and publishing it without fear or favour. The Verge Communications is fully registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a corporate organization.

Comments
NIGERIA DECIDES

NIGERIA DECIDES

Shell Digital Plan RESPONSIVE600x750
Shell Digital Plan RESPONSIVE600x750
GTB
JoinOurWhatsAppChannel