Ekiti 2022: Aribisala picks PDP governorship nomination form

Emmanuel AmudaOctober 7, 2021

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The National Treasurer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Adewale Aribisala, on Thursday, October 7, obtained the expression of interest form and the nomination form ahead of the June 18, 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State.

The former House of Representatives member stormed the party National Headquarters in Abuja in the early hours of Thursday to obtain the form.

Aribisala makes the fifth aspirant obtaining the form.

Aribasala hails from Odo Ayedun Ekiti, Ikole local government area, Ekiti North Senatorial District.

Aribisala was elected into the Federal House of Representatives between 2007 and 2011 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He elected Aribisala as National Treasurer at the PDP National Convention in December 2017 and the position to end in December 2021.

Aribisala

Newsflash Nigeria had reported that four of the aspirants had obtained the forms. They are former governor of the state, Segun Oni; immediate past PDP State chairman, Bisi Kolawole, Repositioning group candidate, Lateef Ajijola and the former General Manager of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Kayode Adaramodu.

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Oni obtained the form on Wednesday, September 22 at the PDP National Headquarters in Abuja while Lateef Ajijola obtained their own on Thursday, September 23. Bisi Kolawole had obtained the form on Friday, September 24 and Kayode Adaramodu also obtained their own form on Friday, September 30.

The forms were sold at N21million made up of N1million for expression of interest and N20million for the nomination form.

Meanwhile, the party had extended the sale of its expression of interest and nomination forms for the Ekiti governorship election.

Newsflash Nigeria understands that the closing date for the sales of the forms had been extended from Thursday, September 30 to Thursday, October 14.

In the same vein, the date for the submission of the forms had also been extended to Friday, October 15.

The party further revealed that the screening of aspirants earlier scheduled for Monday, October 11 2021 has been shifted to a new date of Monday, October 18, 2021.

The party advises all aspirants, leaders of the party, critical stakeholders as well as the teeming supporters in Ekiti are to take note and guided accordingly.

The governorship primary election will take place on January 28, 2022.