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A meeting of chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to produce a consensus candidate to represent Egbeda/Ona Ara federal constituency ahead of 2027 elections ended in stalemate, DAILY POST reports.
Our correspondent gathered that the meeting was held on Monday in Ibadan, the state capital.
It was attended by about 16 leaders of the party from the two local government areas: Egbeda and Ona Ara.
The meeting was presided over by a former Minister of Special Duties, Elder Wole Oyelese
It was also attended by five aspirants on the platform of the party among whom are four aspirants from Ona Ara local government area and one aspirant from Egbeda local government area.
It was gathered that both the leaders and the aspirants could not agree on a particular candidate.
Our correspondent learnt that the meeting was sequel to the directive of the state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, who directed the leaders and aspirants to meet and agree on a candidate for the election.
It was learnt that Makinde warned that if they could not agree, they should bring the matter to him where the issue will be discussed on 15th April this year.
A source at the meeting told our correspondent on Tuesday that the meeting ended inconclusively because the leaders and the aspirants were unable to agree on who to pick.
The source noted that the former Minister adjourned the meeting indefinitely.
“The meeting we had yesterday with the aspirants for Egbeda/Ona-Ara federal constituency ended in a stalemate yesterday because we could not agree.
“Five aspirants came. Four from Ona Ara local government area while one person came from Egbeda local government area. It was going smoothly but when it was clear that we could not agree, the Chairman who happens to be a former Minister adjourned the meeting indefinitely,” a source said.
2027: Egbeda-Ona PDP chieftains’ meeting to produce Reps candidate ends in stalemate
