Osun PDP Primaries: How Things Stand So Far

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had held its primary election for aspirants in the Osun State House of Assembly and House of Representatives.

The elections took place on Sunday, May 22 and Tuesday, May 24, 2002.

Candidates who scaled through will be eligible to contest the 26 seats of the Osun House of Assembly and nine Federal Constituencies of the House of Representatives and the three senatorial districts in the 2023 general elections.

Below is the full list of the candidates made available to AllNews.

House of Representatives

1. Osogbo federal constituency - Adewale Maruf Adebayo

2. Ede North, Ede South, Ejigbo, Egbedore federal constituency - Bamidele Salam

3. Ijesa North federal constituency - Busayo Oluwole Oke

4. Ijesa South federal constituency - Santa Omirin

5. Iwo, Ayedire, Olaoluwa Federal Constituency - Lukman Kayode Mudashir 

6. Ife Federal Constituency - Taofeek Abimbola Ajilesoro 

Osun State House of Assembly

1. Lawal Rasheed Olawale - Osogbo State Constituency

2. Adewumi Adeyemi - Obokun State Constituency

3. Tajudeen Adeyemi - Ifelodun State Constituency

4. Karim Ajibola - Oriade State Constituency

5. Fatunmise Olumide - Ife East State Constituency

6. Abiola Jeremiah Awoyeye - Ife Central

7. Olatunbosun Oladiram - Ilesa East

8. Sammi Araoye - Atakunmosa East and West State Constituency

9. Wale Akerele - Ilesa West State Constituency

10. Kofoworola Adewumi Babajide - Ede North State Constituency.

11. Rotimi Ogunrinade - Egbedore State Constituency

12. Taofeek Olayiwola - Ede South State Constituency

13. Oderinwale Elisha - Ayedire State Constituency 

14. Ajibola Olaide Kolawole - Olorunda State Constituency

15. Abayomi Aina - Boluwaduro State Constituency

16. Olujimi Asagade - Ejigbo State Constituency

17. Abidemi Akinyode - Ife North State Constituency

18. Folorunso Ogundare - Ayedaade State Constituency

Senate

1. Lere Oyewumi - Osun West Senatorial District

2. Oluseyi Fabiyi - Osun Central Senatorial District 

3. Senator Adenigba Fadahunsi - Osun East Senatorial District

Though the Senatorial primary election for Osun East was postponed from Monday to Tuesday due to violence in Ile-Ife the venue of the election, it was postponed to Tuesday, May 24.

In the postponed Ife East Senatorial District primary election that was held on Tuesday, Senator Adenigba Fadahunsi defeated Gbenga Onigbogi by 187 votes to 137 votes to emerge as the PDP candidate.

Oyewumi had on Monday defeated his close rivals, Peter Babalola and Dele Adeleke in the Osun Central Senatorial District PDP primary election to clinch the party ticket for the second consecutive time, having contested in 2019.

Fabiyi defeated a former Osun PDP chairman, Gani Olaoluwa and former Chairman of Irepodun local government, Kamarudeen Ajisafe to become the PDP standard-bearer for Osun Central Senatorial District.

A PDP inside source in a chat earlier revealed that the party was still collating the names of successful candidates and would officially release them to the public soon.

The most shocking loss during the Osun PDP primary election was that of Sunday Akanfe Atidade, the Osun House of Assembly member for Ede South State Constituency who lost out on Sunday and would not be contesting for the seat under the PDP.

The fallout from the PDP Osun State House of  Assembly primary election on Sunday was the tearing down of the campaign billboards of Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Osun PDP gubernatorial candidate in the Ejigbo local government area.

The remote cause of the action inside sources revealed is the disappointment that followed the loss of Akanfe Atidade.

Many supporters felt that Akanfe who worked tirelessly and visibly and opened pitched his tent with Ademola Adeleke should have been supported by the Ademola Adeleke political machinery.