APC accuses Fayose of raising false alarm over Ekiti
July gubernatorial election
- The party says no amount of blackmail will derail it
from producing a candidate that is acceptable to the
people
- Opeyemi Bamidele and Kayode Ojo say they never
stepped down for Fayemi
The Ekiti state chapter of the All Progressives
Congress, (APC) on Wednesday night, May 2,
reacted to claims by Governor Ayo Fayose that
some of its aspirants planned to monetise the
party's governorship primary, describing it as
figment of his imagination.
The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that
the party, through its state publicity secretary,
Chief Taiwo Olatunbosun said what the governor
had just displayed by raising false alarm was a
sign that he was afraid of an impending loss by
his party of the July gubernatorial election.
”Fayose is frustrated and jittery, let him mind his business.
He is not a member of our party so I don’t know where he
is picking his information from.
”APC is not like his own party, the Peoples Democratic
Party that has stolen our commonwealth and plunged the
nation into a state of coma.
“Yes, we will mobilise our members for the primary but the
allegation that we are sharing that kind of money by the
governor is laughable
” We will do everything that is right and within the
constitution to send him out of the Government House, so
let him start packing.
“ No amount of blackmail will stop or derail us. The Ekiti
people are set for the APC and we will make sure we
produce a candidate that is acceptable to the people. ”he
said.
At a press conference earlier on Wednesday, May
2, Fayose raised the alarm over alleged
movement of heavy cash into the state by some
unidentified aspirants of the APC.
He said such monies were meant to compromise
the delegates.
He claimed that the governorship election slated
for July 14 in the state might also be
compromised by the use of cash, going by the
alleged desperation of the aspirants who are
jostling for the ticket of the APC.
According to him, the way the exercise was
being compromised in the build up to ordinary
primary, showed that the APC was merely paying
lip service to the war against corruption.
The governor wondered where the money being
spent by the alleged and unidentified aspirants
was coming from.
news app
Fayose claimed that one particular aspirant gave
each delegate N250,000, and another gave
N500,000, with a promise to offer them N1million
each on Saturday, May 5, the day of the party
primary.
He urged the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) and other relevant agencies
to beam their searchlight into the alleged
monetisation of the electoral processes in the
state and avoid a repeat of same scenario when
it comes to the gubernatorial election proper.
Meanwhile, two aspirants for the governorship
seat of Ekiti state on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Ojo and
Opeyemi Bamidele, have said they are still in the
race against claims that they have stepped down
for Kayode Fayemi.
Fayemi, a former governor and current solid
minerals minister, is also in the race with other
aspirants on the party platform.
On his part, Bamidele also denied stepping down
ahead of the primary election of the APC.
He described the rumour as laughable as,
according to him, there is no reason to quit when
he is convinced that he has a good chance of
clinching the party’s ticket.
July gubernatorial election
- The party says no amount of blackmail will derail it
from producing a candidate that is acceptable to the
people
- Opeyemi Bamidele and Kayode Ojo say they never
stepped down for Fayemi
The Ekiti state chapter of the All Progressives
Congress, (APC) on Wednesday night, May 2,
reacted to claims by Governor Ayo Fayose that
some of its aspirants planned to monetise the
party's governorship primary, describing it as
figment of his imagination.
The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that
the party, through its state publicity secretary,
Chief Taiwo Olatunbosun said what the governor
had just displayed by raising false alarm was a
sign that he was afraid of an impending loss by
his party of the July gubernatorial election.
”Fayose is frustrated and jittery, let him mind his business.
He is not a member of our party so I don’t know where he
is picking his information from.
”APC is not like his own party, the Peoples Democratic
Party that has stolen our commonwealth and plunged the
nation into a state of coma.
“Yes, we will mobilise our members for the primary but the
allegation that we are sharing that kind of money by the
governor is laughable
” We will do everything that is right and within the
constitution to send him out of the Government House, so
let him start packing.
“ No amount of blackmail will stop or derail us. The Ekiti
people are set for the APC and we will make sure we
produce a candidate that is acceptable to the people. ”he
said.
At a press conference earlier on Wednesday, May
2, Fayose raised the alarm over alleged
movement of heavy cash into the state by some
unidentified aspirants of the APC.
He said such monies were meant to compromise
the delegates.
He claimed that the governorship election slated
for July 14 in the state might also be
compromised by the use of cash, going by the
alleged desperation of the aspirants who are
jostling for the ticket of the APC.
According to him, the way the exercise was
being compromised in the build up to ordinary
primary, showed that the APC was merely paying
lip service to the war against corruption.
The governor wondered where the money being
spent by the alleged and unidentified aspirants
was coming from.
news app
Fayose claimed that one particular aspirant gave
each delegate N250,000, and another gave
N500,000, with a promise to offer them N1million
each on Saturday, May 5, the day of the party
primary.
He urged the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) and other relevant agencies
to beam their searchlight into the alleged
monetisation of the electoral processes in the
state and avoid a repeat of same scenario when
it comes to the gubernatorial election proper.
Meanwhile, two aspirants for the governorship
seat of Ekiti state on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Ojo and
Opeyemi Bamidele, have said they are still in the
race against claims that they have stepped down
for Kayode Fayemi.
Fayemi, a former governor and current solid
minerals minister, is also in the race with other
aspirants on the party platform.
On his part, Bamidele also denied stepping down
ahead of the primary election of the APC.
He described the rumour as laughable as,
according to him, there is no reason to quit when
he is convinced that he has a good chance of
clinching the party’s ticket.
No comments:
Post a Comment