Ahead of the October 10 governorship elections in Ondo state, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) has cleared the Ondo State deputy governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi as its candidate for the elections.
It was gathered that Ajayi’s application was sent to the NEC of the ZLP, which met at the weekend and subsequently approved it.
The state chairman of the ZLP, Hon. Joseph Akinlaja, who confirmed the clearance of Ajayi stated that Ajayi is now the governorship candidate of the party.
Akinlaja said Ajayi would formally join the ZLP at an elaborate event on Tuesday.
ZLP Clears Agboola
Before his clearance, there had been speculations concerning the defection of Ajayi to the ZLP, as he had on two occasions met with former Governor of the state, Dr Olusegun Mimiko who is the leader of the party.
You will recall that the deputy governor had defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in June and joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where he contested the party’s governorship primary election but lost to Mr Eyitayo Jegede before joining the ZLP.
