By Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti
Former member of the House of Representatives from Ekiti State, Oyetunde Ojo, has raised the alarm that Governor Kayode Fayemi was planning to impose his political lapdog as officials of the All Progressives Congress ahead of its forthcoming congress.
Ojo alleged that the governor and his co-conspirators had begun the process of compiling names of preferred officials with a view to hijacking the structure and architectural soles of the state chapter ahead of the June 16, 2022 governorship poll in the state.
The APC chieftain, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, said that Fayemi, as part of the moves to make his alleged game had stopped all ward meetings purposely to block all dissents from raising objections.
He described the governor’s actions as undemocratic that could throw the party on a path of perdition and consume the party should the alleged game plan sail through.
He urged the party leadership to pay attention to what was going on in the Ekiti APC.
“We are aware that the Governor Fayemi led administration has sent a directive to all wards to compile lists of party representatives from Wards to local government level and these have been forwarded to him for imposition in the coming congresses. This is an aberration to the norms of all democratic practices which we all fought at a time in our party, and which led to the dissolution of former party officials and the enthronement of the current caretaker committees which role is to correct the past anomalies and lend a potent tooth to the coming one through fair, equitable and participatory contests.
“The current development in Ekiti State where the governor is compiling lists of only the people he is disposed to and muzzling opposition by stopping all ward meetings and another such gathering is simply dictatorial and will not be tolerated.
“We are calling on the National Caretaker Committee of our party, the leaders of the APC, to be alive to this subterranean move and act accordingly, as the people have resolved not to allow any such imposition in our party again.
“Never again shall we fold our arms and wash our rights being taken by fiat by a governor whose loyalty to the APC is in doubt. Never shall we allow a governor who once robbed us of our hard-earned victory in 2014, force us into another political Siberia.
However, the state APC Caretaker Publicity Secretary, Ade Ajayi, denied the allegations, saying that the party was committed to free, fair, credible and most acceptable congresses in the state.
Ajayi added that the ex-lawmaker lacks the locus standi to make such damaging allegations, having been suspended from the party for alleged anti- party activities.
“We are assuring our people that the congresses will be free and fair. That is the focus of the committee. Nobody will be marginalised. All the tendencies in the party will be accommodated.
“APC is a party that is governed by the constitution. We will follow the constitution of the party to conduct the congresses that will accommodate all members,” he assured.
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