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Ondo: Makarfi says Jimoh Ibrahim not a PDP member

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The Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)in Ondo State has declared Jimoh Ibrahim, a persona non grata, branding him an Accord Party (AP) member.

According to the party, it is not only illegal for a member of another party to pick the governorship ticket of the PDP, but it also amounts to double standards.

This comes as Ibrahim, on Monday emerged as the candidate of the Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the PDP.

But Makarfi faction described his emergence as illegal, insisting that the PDP has no other candidate apart from a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede.

The group in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Banji Okunomo, said Sherriff faction’s primary was illegally conducted.

The group stated, that “All the persons that fall in the various categories making up the governorship primary had already participated in the congress that produced Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) as the flag bearer of the party.

“These persons cannot be impersonated and their roles in the Electoral College cannot be replicated, duplicated or copied in whatever guise.

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“It is also very important, at this juncture, to tell the whole world that Jimoh Ibrahim, the acclaimed candidate of the illegal parallel PDP primary, is not a member of the PDP from ward to state level.”

The faction also claimed that Ibrahim left PDP and allegedly joined the AP and was yet to relinquish his membership of that party.

It said since Ibrahim had not observed the procedure necessary to re-join the PDP, “it is not only illegal for a member of another party to pick the governorship ticket of the PDP, but it also amounts to double standards. Hence, the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State has declared Jimoh Ibrahim a ‘persona non grata.’”

The party then urged its members to remain steadfast and work for the success of the party in the governorship election, coming up on November 26, 2016.

Ibrahim emerged winner of the Sheriff faction’s primary held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Monday, in an election reports say was not monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

By Ebere Ndukwu …

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