PDP, Adedayo Adeyeye, on Tuesday joined the All Progressives Congress
(APC) governorship candidate in Ekiti State in the July 14 poll, Dr
Kayode Fayemi, to visit Ise/Orun, Emure,Ikere and Ado Local Government
Areas in continuation of his campaign visits to the 16 local
governments of the state.
Fayemi, in company of party leaders, including State Chairman, Jide
Awe; and Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, had whistle-stops at
Ise, Emure, Eporo, Ikere and Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital. Adeyeye,
who recently defected to the APC, is from Ise-Ekiti, Ise-Orun Local
Government.
He described Fayose as "a greedy and selfish politician with uncanny
capacity to spin reckless lies".
He thanked Ise-Ekiti residents for their massive turnout at the rally
and urged them to show the same enthusiasm on election day.
Another defector and former Ekiti State Attorney-General and
Commissioner of Justice,
Ajayi Owoseni, spoke in the same vein, saying Fayose was the most
ungrateful human being who loved to pay evil for good.
Fayemi told the residents that he was touched by the decrepit
conditions under which Ekiti people lived in the administration of
PDP, saying that APC's administration as could be seen between 2010
and 2014 still presented the best option that could address problems
of the people in the most enduring manner.
The former minister said he would continue his development policy
encapsulated in his eight-point agenda, assuring that a vote for the
APC is a vote for freedom and opening of new opportunities for
development.
He urged residents not to be deceived by claims that he would sack
teachers and local government workers, saying that he never
contemplated sacking workers but was an apostle of job creation to
keep a decent living.
In all the communities visited, defections swept through PDP, as the
party lost hundreds of members to APC. In Ise-Ekiti, Adeyeye led other
leaders to defect to APC. Among other leaders that PDP lost to APC are
former Secretary to the State Government, Dr Afolabi Ojuawo; immediate
past Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Owoseni Ajayi, and
a serving member of the House of Assembly, Ebenezer Ade Alagbada.
Others are: former House of Assembly member, Gboyega Akinola (aka
Sadola); a serving House of Assembly member, SundayAdeniyi aka Gbosa;
former Assembly member, Omoyeni Peter; Banji Aluko, who is former
Councillor; former local council chairman, Adejumo Tajudeen and
Councillor Tunji Ogoji.
In Emure-Ekiti, PDP lost former House of Representatives aspirant, Ayo
Peters; former Senatorial Chairman of PDP, Tale Ghadafi; former House
of Representatives aspirant, Tony Yisa; while at Eporo, 140 PDP
members defected to APC.
In Ado-Ekiti, PDP lost Fayose's associate, who is the immediate past
Special Adviser on Culture and Tourism, Ademola Bello; former elected
House of Assembly member, said to have been denied his mandate by
Fayose, Odunayo Arinka; former Special Adviser on Agriculture under
Fayose, Bosun Osaloni; influential PDP leader, Kusi Omodara; and
immediate past Chairman of Teaching Service Commission, Abiodun
Falayi.
Falayi said that after 15 years of parting ways with the progressives
fold, he had to leave PDP after finding out that Fayose liked to pay
evil for good.
He explained that he was led by a man of God to work with Fayose
because he assured that he would behave well after becoming governor
again in 2014, regretting, however, that he had to leave after
discovering that Fayose had gone worse in his relationship with the
people.
Falayi said he felt great that his supporters who went with him to PDP
are now with him in APC, even as he counselled Fayose and the PDP
candidate, Olusola Eleka, not to waste time and money campaigning in
Ado-Ekiti.
"Fayose has lost all the goodwill he enjoyed among the people here
because of his greed, selfishness and his penchant to pay evil for
good.
"Fayemi is not new to us. He is honest and humble and he represents
Ekiti symbol of integrity everywhere around the world who, as we can
see, is now favoured to win the election because of his records of
performance and transparent manner of running government affairs,"
Falayi concluded, according to a statement issued by the Director,
Media and Publicity, Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, Wole
Olujobi.
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