Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC)
would entertain no fear about the victory of its candidate in the July
14 governorship poll.
Bamidele said he had confidence in the leadership of the party in
Ekiti State, including former Governor Segun Oni and his group working
for Fayemi to make the victory a resounding and collective one.
The Director General said these in a statement from his office and
signed by his Media Aide, Ahmed Salami in Ado Ekiti on Thursday.
Recently, former Governor Oni was linked to a litigation purportedly
filed in Abuja seeking the nullification of Fayemi's victory in the
party's primary on account of his refusal to resign as a Minister of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria in line with the party's constitution
and guidelines.
Commenting on the event that has been eliciting ripples in APC,
Bamidele said he has no reason to doubt Oni and his commitment to
Fayemi's victory in this election.
He said the PDP had also spread the rumour that the APC had been
dealing with those who defected to the APC, including former Minister
of Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye and others with caution, suspicion and
restraint, describing this as a lie from the pit of hell coming from
demented minds.
"We are not ruling out the possibility of people having some
ill-feelings about certain issues in our party, but that should not
degenerate to the level where people can act as fifth columnists in
their own party.
"Ekiti APC can't be immuned from crisis just like every other parties
because we have diverse backgrounds and our temperaments differ in the
way we handle issues. Let me say this, the doors of the party are wide
open to entertain complaints and trash them in the interest of
everybody.
"This is not the time to suspect anyone unduly. We should see
ourselves as one big family and prevent anyone from hiding under
social media to break our ranks.
"As the leader of Fayemi's campaign for this election, we are ready to
work with everybody and urge the leaders of all committees working
within our campaign structures to be receptive to everybody and
refrain from act that can lead to rancor and polarization before this
election.
"Dr Fayemi in his address after clinching the party's ticket displayed
humility by openly expressed his readiness to work with all groups. He
later visited other 32 co-contestants for the ticket and this
prevented the widely envisaged defections of bigwigs in APC.
"We are not going into this race with divided mind. We are going into
this election to win and we are rest assured that all our members will
contribute to this victory.
Bamidele told Adeyeye, who facilitated the defections of the PDP
members to APC that their rights would be protected and there won't be
any form of discrimination against them.
"We have no reason to be suspecting these men who decided to join the
APC's moving train, because our party is receptive and we have
constitution that guarantees safety for all members.
"There is no class differences in APC, you can only get that in PDP
and that was why the party had always been in perpetual crisis. Our
party has respect for everybody, regardless of whether you are old or
new members", he added.
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