Barely five weeks to the July 14 governorship
election in Ekiti State, former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General
of the state, Mr. Owoseni Ajayi, has announced his defection to the All
Progressives Congress (APC), ending his 20-year relationship with state
Governor, Ayodele Fayose.
He said it was disheartening to see Fayose losing
best hands and close allies to the opposition just because of his alleged
desperation to impose what he called “surrogate and toy boy” PDP candidate,
Prof Kola Olusola, on the people of the state.
Ajayi, who addressed journalists on Monday, said he
had formally quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join forces with the
candidate of the APC, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to win the election.
Ajayi said: "I have decided from June 11, 2018,
to withdraw my membership of PDP and join APC forthwith to be able to actualise
my political dream."
He said he had weighed all the other aspirants and
decided to pitch his tent with Fayemi to win the election, saying: "APC
will win the coming election."
He said he's not joining the APC to beg for any
political office, having been two-time Attorney General and Commissioner for
Justice and a former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Ado
Ekiti.
According to him, he had been working with and for
Fayose for 20 years and that he had endured enough humiliation in his hands,
saying: "There's a limit to my tolerance. I've exhibited extreme
tolerance."
On the cases he had filed against Fayemi and the APC
as PDP chief and Attorney General, he said he had not done anything illegal as
a government functionary, saying all the actions he took were legal and proper.
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