Nigeria, May 4 -- A former spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Kennedy Peretei, has been elected as the chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the state.

He was elected along with other officials at the party's state Congress on Monday in Akure.

The congress, held at Royal Birds Hotel and Towers, Alagbaka, Akure, had about 150 delegates.

The delegates drawn from the 18 council areas of the state ratified the emergence of the new executive council through consensus.

Chairman of the congress committee, Emmanuel Alli, while declaring the results, said the exercise was conducted in line with directives from the party's national headquarters and reflected the collective will of members across t...