Nigeria, April 15 -- A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has declared his intention to contest for the Ondo South Senatorial seat.

‎He made his intention known to journalists in Akure, the state capital, on Wednesday, thus raising the stakes in the contention for the seat.

‎Mr Ajayi was deputy to the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in his first term in office, but left the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in 2020 to run for governor. He failed to clinch the ticket.

He then defected to the Zenith Labour Party, where he contested the governorship election but lost.

‎He returned to the PDP in 2024, running as its governorship candidate, but lost to APC's Luck...