A 2019 Kwara State governorship aspirant of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ibrahim Ajia, has won the party’s primary election for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency
Ajia was declared the winner after polling 82 out of the 89 votes cast at the shadow poll.
A total of 89 delegates were accredited for the exercise that took place at the popular Stella Obasanjo Multipurpose Hall along Ajase-Ipo Road, Ilorin.
Speaking with newsmen, Ajia said that his victory at the primary signaled a brighter day for the party to return to power in Kwara in 2023.
He noted that it was regrettable that the successes recorded during the PDP administration had been bungled, particularly with the rising spate of insecurity, insisting that his party has the magic wand to fix the country’s situation.
Ajia, who dedicated his victory to other aspirants, delegates, members, and leadership of the party, said “it is time to reclaim the country”.
Also speaking on the conduct of the exercise, a delegate and former State’s Commissioner for Health, Ayinke Saka, lauded the outcome of the exercise.
She expressed confidence that the PDP would win in the 2023 general elections.
The Chairman of the Electoral Committee for the House of Representatives primary, Alhaji Isiaka Owolabi, described the exercise as peaceful and applauded delegates for conducting themselves orderly.
Owolabi, who doubles as the Chairman, Kwara Central Senatorial District of the PDP, noted that the party was setting the pace with the manner the exercise was conducted, saying that the aspirants were convinced that the primary was an intra-party affair.
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