The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the Ekiti State
governorship election, Prof. Kolapo Olusola Eleka has said there is
nothing wrong in people seeing him as Governor Ayo Fayose’s boy,
stressing that he is proud of the state governor, who he called his
political father.
Olusola, who is currently the state’s deputy governor, last Tuesday emerged winner of the PDP governorship primary
held in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. He polled 1,191 votes to defeat
PDP’s former national spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, who garnered 770
votes from the primaries.
Speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Programme, Sunday
Politics, Eleka pointed out that his emergence as the party’s flagbearer
for the July 14 gubernatorial polls was as a result of his selfless
service to the people of the state and this was recognized by the
governor.
He said, “I have a political father who is Peter Ayodele Fayose and I
am proud of him. The issue at stake is Ekiti State and the bulk stops
at my table when I become governor.
“If I am Fayose’s boy, good. The most important thing is that Ekiti
State comes first and my performance is what matters,” he said.
The governorship aspirant expressed confidence of emerging victorious
in the polls, pointing out that the people of the state were solidly
behind him and the PDP.
“Ekiti people are behind us, they are behind Olusola Eleka and
Fayose. They are behind PDP and you can be rest assured that we are
going to win come July 14,” he said.
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