Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will next Tuesday
visit Ekiti State to kick off the governorship campaign of the candidate of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, for the July 14 election.
This is coming as the Director General of the
Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, Hon.
Opeyemi Bamidele, has said over 50 per cent of the
campaign that would have promoted the candidate of the APC in the
July 14 election has been done by Governor Ayodele
Fayose.
But in a swift reaction, the Kolapo Olusola Campaign
Organisation (KOCO), the campaign organisation of the Ekiti State Deputy
Governor and Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate,
Prof. Kolapo Olusola, has described as the height of wickedness, using
Bamidele’s name to issue statements in support for Fayemi.
Also expected at Fayemi’s campaign rally is the APC
National Chairman, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun and the Chairman of the National
Campaign Committee for
Ekiti State election and Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji
Atiku Bagudu, as well as members of his committee.
A statement by the Director of Media and Publicity
of the Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, Wole Olujobi, has also raised the
alarm over an alleged move by the PDP in the state to instigate some segments
of workers against Fayemi in a campaign of calumny, including mobilising thugs
to cause violence in the state ahead of the July 14 governorship poll.
Olujobi warned Fayose against any act that could
stoke violence in the run-up to the election.
He said: "We are aware of moves to instigate
some segments of the society against Fayemi to cause disaffection between him
and a large part of Ekiti people, particularly workers, all in an attempt to
orchestrate a deep-seated resentment against the APC candidate.
"We are also aware of moves to set up fake
fifth columnists to act as saboteurs to APC's electioneering activities,
including using fake APC members to stoke violence to disrupt June 19, 2018, mega
rally at the Kayode Oluyemi Stadium in Ado-Ekiti to be led by Vice President Osinbajo
where Fayemi and his deputy will officially receive APC flag to contest the
July 14 poll. The trend started last week when thugs bearing guns stormed
Ado-Ikere road in the night to destroy Fayemi's campaign billboard in front of
the hotel of former APC governorship aspirant, Dr. Wole Oluyede, including
threatening the owner for supporting Fayemi and not Prof Olusola Eleka of PDP
only to be followed in the night of same day with the murder of APC supporter
in Ado-Ekiti. We hereby remind trouble-makers that this is not 2014 when they
had a field day killing, maiming and unleashing mayhem on the opposition.
"The security agencies are more than ready to
live up to their responsibilities, and we advise trouble-makers working for the
state government to go on holiday from now till the end of the election because
anyone caught causing crisis will have a date with the security agencies for
appropriate sanctions.”
Meanwhile, Bamidele said Fayose had paved way for
Fayemi to win the election on the premise that many of the towns that gave the
governor votes in the June 21, 2014, governorship election have not benefited
from any democratic dividend since the advent of the present government.
The APC chieftain stated that the fact that Fayemi
was able to spread the democratic goodies across 133 towns while superintending
over the state has reduced the campaign burden and broaden his chances to have
a resounding victory in the election.
Bamidele, said this in a message sent to APC
governorship candidate,
Dr Kayode Fayemi, signposting his support to the
party campaign held in Iyin Ekiti yesterday.
The message, signed by Bamidele’s media aide, Ahmed
Salami, urged
Ekiti people to embrace Fayemi, and key into the
vision being pioneered by APC to reclaim the state from “those that are
pillaging the people’s commonwealth.”
No comments:
Post a Comment