The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again conducted primaries to elect its flag bearer for the House of Representatives in the Badagry Constituency.

PDP had held a primary election on Sunday, where Olayemi Toviho was declared the winner. However, in fresh primaries on Tuesday, the party declared Adekunle Lebile as its candidate for the Badagry federal constituency.

The Returning Officer, Jamiu Ibrahim, said Mr Lebile scored 30 out of 32 votes cast to defeat Mr Toviho, who did not get a single vote.

“The remaining two delegates did not vote for any aspirant. I hereby pronounce Adekunle Lebile, winner of the primary held on May 24 in Badagry federal constituency by the power vested on me.

“Hence, he is now the candidate for the Badagry federal constituency for the PDP, haven scored the highest number of votes,” he said.

Reacting to the development, Bidemi Akojenu, the chairman of PDP in Badagry, said that after the meeting held by the party’s executive on Sunday, she was mandated to conduct another primary election.

Also speaking, Mr Lebile said the party had decided to conduct fresh primaries to nullify the previous one.

“As you can see, there is a presence of security agencies and INEC officials from both state and federal levels.

“The party has agreed to share the posts and that’s why we have been permitted to use the PDP LGA secretariat in Badagry for the election.

“This is the stand of the party executive, and we have complied with it,” he said.

Johnson Avoseh, the PDP electoral officer, who declared the primary election result held on Sunday, said that Mr Toviho scored 31 out of 32 votes cast to defeat Mr Labile, who scored one vote.

The Lagos state chapter of the PDP had urged the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to cancel the House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries slated for Sunday in Lagos.

(NAN)