The Hope Democratic Party, HDP, in Osun State has picked Olawale Adesoye Adewumi as its deputy governorship candidate.
This was made known in a statement issued by the state Publicity Secretary, Dada Olusegun, in Osogbo on Saturday.
Olusegun said the decision was reached after wide consultations with stakeholders in the state.
He said the elders caucus of the party, after serious meeting and deliberation finally agreed that Adewumi should be the running mate of their party’s governorship candidate, Wole Adedoyin.
He said the party has absolute confidence and belief that the combination of the duo will win the September 22 governorship election.
Olusegun assured the public that the governorship campaign of HDP would soon be officially flagged off.