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  • Ekiti APC Treasurer shot dead while eating

    …Party mourns

    Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been thrown into mourning following the murder of the State Treasurer, Mr. Moses Adeoye, Wednesday night.

    Adeoye was reportedly shot dead in his house in Otun-Ekiti, headquarters of Moba Local Government Area while having his supper.

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    The gunmen were said to have invaded Adeoye’s residence at about 9.00 pm and opened fire on the victim while he was eating.

    He was killed few hours after returning to Otun-Ekiti after being part of the town hall meetings held by Governor Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti North and Ekiti South senatorial districts same day.

    Adeoye was the APC chairman in his local government area before he became the state treasurer at the state congress in September.

    The police spokesman Caleb Ikechukwu disclosed that the state command has commenced investigation into the killing assuring that the culprits would soon be nabbed.

    The state chapter of the APC has expressed shock at the killing of a member of the State Working Committee (SWC).

    The APC Publicity Secretary, Mr. Ade Ajayi, disclosed that the state exco had paid a condolence visit to the family of Adeoye.

    Ajayi in a statement on Thursday said the state APC Chairman, Mr. Paul Omotoso, described Adeoye as responsible, honest, committed party man praying that such an incident would not happen again.

    Ajayi also quotes Omotoso as describing the killing of the treasurer as a “terrible blow” to Governor Kayode Fayemi, APC, party members and the Moba people.

    The APC Chairman in Moba council area, Mr. Femi Adeyeye, described the incident as a “rude shock” to all party members and people of the community.

    Adeyeye urged the state government and the party not to forget the family of the slain Adeoye.

    The APC delegation from the state exco also paid a condolence visit to the Oore of Moba land, Oba James Adedapo Popoola, in his palace in Otun-Ekiti, on the killing of the party leader.

    Omotoso urged the monarch to take solace in God on the loss of a prominent son of the community saying the party would do everything possible to bring the killers to book.

    Oba Popoola thanked the APC leaders for the visit noting that the incident has created an injury in the hearts of the people of the town that would take time to heal.

  • Arise unfolds senatorial ambition in Ekiti North

    An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Ekiti State, Senator Ayo Arise, has unfolded his senatorial ambition in Ekiti North District.

    Arise represented Ekiti North in the sixth Senate between 2007 and 2011 where he served as the Chaiman of Committee on Privatisation.

    The politician inaugurated his ward and local government coordinators in Oye-Ekiti to kickstart consultations with party leaders ahead of the APC National Assembly primaries.

    He said President Muhammadu Buhari needed National Assembly members who will cooperate with him to translate his dream for Nigeria into reality.

    Arise also pledged to work with Ekiti State governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and assist his home state to get what is due to it in the federation.

    He promised to give Ekiti North vibrant representation better than what he did between 2007 and 2011, which was regarded as the golden era for the people of the district.

    Arise said Buhari has set the country on the path of greatness  infrastructural revolution and development.

    He said: “To say Nigeria is now working on the path of greatness will be an understatement going by the level of industrial and infrastructural revolution going on across the country under the present administration of President Buhari.

  • Ex-commissioner to contest for Senate in Ekiti North

    Former Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Bayo Aina, has unfolded his senatorial ambition in Ekiti North District.

    Aina served during the administration of former Governor Adeniyi Adebayo between 1999 and 2003.

    He also served as the Chairman of Ekiti State Fiscal Responsibility Commission during the past administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi.

    The former commissioner intends to vie for the senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    He is the son of former deputy governor of the old Ondo State in the Second Republic, Chief Nathaniel Aina.

    Aina, who hails from Otun-Ekiti in Moba Local Government Area, said he was running for the Senate to give the people of Ekiti North vibrant representation and contribute to quality lawmaking for all Nigerians.

    He said he understood the problems  of Ekiti North, promising to solve them as a legislator.

    Aina said he has been on ground, lived among the people and invested in Ekiti, thereby giving employment to many people in the state.

    The aspirant said he has been receiving positive response from party members and the electorate on his ambition.

     

  • Ex-commissioner to contest for Senate in Ekiti North

    Former Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Bayo Aina, has unfolded his senatorial ambition in Ekiti North District.

    Aina served during the administration of former Governor Adeniyi Adebayo between 1999 and 2003.

    He also served as the Chairman of Ekiti State Fiscal Responsibility Commission during the past administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi.

    The former commissioner intends to vie for the senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    He is the son of former deputy governor of the old Ondo State in the Second Republic, Chief Nathaniel Aina.

    Aina, who hails from Otun-Ekiti in Moba Local Government Area, said he was running for the Senate to give the people of Ekiti North vibrant representation and contribute to quality lawmaking for all Nigerians.

    He said he understood the problems  of Ekiti North, promising to solve them as a legislator.

    Aina said he has been on ground, lived among the people and invested in Ekiti, thereby giving employment to many people in the state.

    The aspirant said he has been receiving positive response from party members and the electorate on his ambition.