PDP Primaries: Candidate Will emerge for Ibadan South East constituencie 2 On 28th January 2023 – Amb Olumide Ojo 

Opeyemi Akande have emerged as candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 House of Assembly election for Ibadan South East Constituency 1 while the death of Honourable Popoola olusegun culminated to leaving the ticket of Constituency 2 office blank, it was recalled that on the 14th of November 2022 the Primary election held in filling up the Office of the Constituency 2 House of Assembly Legislature was ended in an inconclusive exercise with Ambassador Olumide Ojo having a total number of 18votes as well as his Contending contemporary Hon Sunday Babatunde with total number of 18 votes as well While other Aspirants like Iyabo kobiowu and Mufutau Anisere shared 4 and 3 votes respectively.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the primaries for Ibadan South East were held at St. John Primary School, Alake Academy, Ibadan where the delegates gathered.

The primary for Constituency 2 was held within the headquarters of the Local Government Area with

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and representatives of security agencies witnessed the conduct of the exercise.

At the venue of the Ibadan South East primary, some aggrieved delegates alleged that they were prevented by the Deputy National Chairman of the party, Taofeek Arapaja, from participating in the primary

A PDP chieftain, Dare Adeleke, however, debunked the allegation levelled against Mr Arapaja, describing it as mischievous, fake and malicious.

However the Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday Jan 28 2023 for the Conclusive Excercise of the Primary Election Where the two leading contending Aspirants will Slug it out again to meet up with the INEC deadline Submission of Candidates Names.