After the fallout of yesterday's primaries, a group, Ondo State Southern Senatorial Patriotic Movement (OSSSPM) has appealed to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede to pick the deputy governor of the State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi as his running mate for the October 10, gubernatorial poll.
Ajayi, who decamped recently from the All Progressives Congress (APC) was the first runner up in the just concluded PDP governorship primary election.
In a statement signed by the group's coordinator, Comrade Wale Edamisan also urged the national leaders of the party to rally round the deputy governor in this trying period.
The group, who noted that Ajayi is an asset to the party warned that he shouldn't be frustrated to an extent that he may exit himself from the party.
It added that Jegede must understand that at this point, he needs running mate that can muster enough votes for him and Ajayi is the only politician in the party from the south with such capacity.
"Our party national leaders must ensure that we have a genuine reconciliation among the governorship aspirants. Agboola Ajayi must be pacified and compensated with the Deputy governoship slot.
"We must safe Ajayi from going into political oblivion and we should understand that his defection added a great value to our party.
"We can't afford to lose votes to the APC in the southern senatorial district. The aim of the people in the south is to produce the next Governor but with the emergence of Jegede and Akeredolu as PDP and APC candidates respectively, PDP candidate needs a running mate that is well grounded in the southern senatorial district"
