The Ekiti State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described the endorsement of Governor Biodun Oyebanji by ex-governor Ayodele Fayose as inconsequential and worthless.
A statement issued on Saturday in Ado Ekiti by the State Secretary of the party, Funmi Oguns, said the party was unperturbed by the endorsement, saying that PDP would defeat Oyebanji in the 2026 governorship poll.
Oguns insisted that the outcome of the election would shock Fayose and his co-travellers as Ekiti people were presently in a difficult situation and desperately looking for solutions through purposeful leadership which the PDP is ready to provide.
She stated that the 2026 election will be time for the electorate to interrogate Oyebanji on how he had governed Ekiti State despite humongous revenue proceeds pouring into Ekiti State from the federation account.
The former commissioner said: “The best way to get our democracy right is for us to allow all our people to demonstrate their democratic rights. So, Governor Ayodele Fayose as a leader is free to display his fundamental right and support whoever he likes, but this won’t change what the Ekiti people were determined to do.
“In the last year, Ekiti state consistently received an average of N6.5bn monthly from the federation account. The wage bill stands at N2.3 billion. Where has the rest of the money gone?
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“As we speak today, the only visible project being spearheaded by this government is the flyover in Ado Ekiti, which is below the 15 percent execution threshold, with no signal that it will be completed in record time.
“Other road projects awarded to contractors are being executed at snail speed. So, people are ready to take their destiny into their own hands in 2026 in Ekiti.
“The recent #endbadgovernance protests across the states of the federation was an eye opener that the game was up for the APC at all levels. So, PDP is taking over Ekiti and we are preparing for it”.
“But in my own opinion, he is free to exercise his fundamental right to support whoever he likes. He remains my boss and someone I respect very much. I will never cast aspersion on him as my leade”, she added.