Barely few hours to the commencement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election in Lagos State, Four governorship aspirants of the party has withdrawn from the primary election.
This was disclosed by the former National Vice Chairman of the party (South-South) and Chairman, Electoral Committee, Emmanuel Ogidi, on Wednesday.
The primary election, which is taking place at the Haven Event Centre, GRA, Ikeja, had six aspirants contesting the governorship ticket for the upcoming 2023 general election.
The six aspirants earlier vying for the post were AbdulAzeez Adediran, visioner of the Lagos4Lagos movement; Adedeji Doherty, former chairman of the party; Rhodes Gbadebo, 2019 PDP senatorial candidate for Lagos West; Ade Dosunmu, a former governorship candidate of the party; David Kolawole, and Otunba Jimi Karmal.
According to Ogidi, four aspirants, including Jim Kamal, Adedeji Doherty, Rhodes Gbadebo, and Ade Dosumu, backed down from the race.
“You know we are discussing, and I want to tell you that out of the six contestants so far, three of them have eventually withdrawn from the race… and they have given their reasons for withdrawal, but we thank God they are not leaving the party,” Ogidi said.
