In an apparent attempt to evade the leadership crisis
currently engulfing the upper echelon of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has hinted that he may
seek another political platform to prosecute his succession battle in
the 2018 governorship poll.
Speaking on Wednesday in Ikere Ekiti, while meeting with the members
of the Suppliers’ Association of Nigeria, Ikere chapter, Fayose also
argued that the victory of Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), the candidate of
the All Progressives Congress, in the Saturday’s governorship election
in Ondo State did not in any way threaten the supremacy of the PDP in
Ekiti.He said: “I don’t know the platform I will use for the
2018 election yet and at the appropriate time, I will tell you. We are
still studying the situation. We have to play the game left, right and
centre and whoever we are going to use and the platform, you will all be
part of the process because party politics is about the people.“You all saw how people sold their votes in Ondo State, I am
confident that that will not happen in Ekiti. I am close to the people;
you are the source of my strength. Even if it requires just 48 hours to
any election, if I tell you where to go, you will surely follow me
there.” In another meeting with the junior members of staff in the state
civil service, the governor bragged that he would repeat the victory he
got in all the 16 Local Government Areas when he defeated former
governor Kayode Fayemi in 2014.His words: “The APC will be fooling itself if it thinks
it will conquer Ekiti like it did in Ondo. Ekiti is a peculiar place and
I am the man on the ground here. I want to assure my supporters and
Nigerians that the APC won’t win a local government here in 2018, even
if President Muhammadu Buhari moves down all the money in the Federal
Government’s Treasury Single Account.“Governor Olusegun Mimiko and Eyitayo Jegede must have lost in Ondo
State, but that does not mean the people had voted rightly. In 2015,
people clamoured for change and what have we got now? Nigerians are
becoming poorer than ever.“Today, I am the only one among the APC governors in the South-West. I
am now like the nation of Israel surrounded by enemies, but I shall
defeat and triumph over them.a“The APC has never defeated me in any battle, either political or
legal. Whether they like it or not, I will win in Ekiti no matter the
animosity, because I have the people behind me.”
Speaking on Wednesday in Ikere Ekiti, while meeting with the members
of the Suppliers’ Association of Nigeria, Ikere chapter, Fayose also
argued that the victory of Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), the candidate of
the All Progressives Congress, in the Saturday’s governorship election
in Ondo State did not in any way threaten the supremacy of the PDP in
Ekiti.He said: “I don’t know the platform I will use for the
2018 election yet and at the appropriate time, I will tell you. We are
still studying the situation. We have to play the game left, right and
centre and whoever we are going to use and the platform, you will all be
part of the process because party politics is about the people.“You all saw how people sold their votes in Ondo State, I am
confident that that will not happen in Ekiti. I am close to the people;
you are the source of my strength. Even if it requires just 48 hours to
any election, if I tell you where to go, you will surely follow me
there.” In another meeting with the junior members of staff in the state
civil service, the governor bragged that he would repeat the victory he
got in all the 16 Local Government Areas when he defeated former
governor Kayode Fayemi in 2014.His words: “The APC will be fooling itself if it thinks
it will conquer Ekiti like it did in Ondo. Ekiti is a peculiar place and
I am the man on the ground here. I want to assure my supporters and
Nigerians that the APC won’t win a local government here in 2018, even
if President Muhammadu Buhari moves down all the money in the Federal
Government’s Treasury Single Account.“Governor Olusegun Mimiko and Eyitayo Jegede must have lost in Ondo
State, but that does not mean the people had voted rightly. In 2015,
people clamoured for change and what have we got now? Nigerians are
becoming poorer than ever.“Today, I am the only one among the APC governors in the South-West. I
am now like the nation of Israel surrounded by enemies, but I shall
defeat and triumph over them.a“The APC has never defeated me in any battle, either political or
legal. Whether they like it or not, I will win in Ekiti no matter the
animosity, because I have the people behind me.”
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