Adebutu remains Ogun PDP governorship candidate - INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dispelled the rumour making rounds that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Honourable Ladi Adebutu has been delisted from the commission’s list of candidates contesting the Saturday, March 18 governorship election in the state.

Reports that the PDP has no governorship candidate in the forthcoming March 18 election in the State surfaced on social media during the week.

Some members of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State have been circulating the news that INEC has not recognised Adebutu as the gubernatorial candidate of the party.

But, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Niyi Ijalaye, dispelled the rumor, describing it as unfounded.

Ijalaye reacted to the rumour while speaking with journalists in Abeokuta, on Saturday.

“It is a rumour that is not founded. That is all”, Ijalaye said.

The INEC REC insisted that Adebutu remained the governorship candidate of the PDP and called on residents of the state to ignore the rumour.

Ijalaye said Adebutu would be participating in the election as the authentic governorship candidate of the PDP.

Also reacting to the issue, the media director of Ladi Adebutu Campaign Organisation, Afolabi Orekoya, accused the ruling party of peddling the rumour to confuse the electorate who have made up their minds to vote for Adebutu.

Orekoya explained further that Adebutu remains the PDP’s candidate recognised by INEC after winning over 30 cases at the high court and Appeal Court and eight different cases at the Supreme Court.