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  • Ramadan: APC greets Ekiti Muslims

    The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has greeted Muslims for the Commencement of Ramadan 30 days fasting reminding them to pray for the State during the holy month.

    The party urged Muslims to make supplications to Allah to put an end to what it called “reign of terror and misrule in the state.”

    In a statement on Thursday by the Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, he called on Ekiti Muslims to remain holy and prayerful throughout the month of Ramadan as prescribed by the Holy Quran.

    Olatunbosun stated that this special spiritual cleansing period should be used to ask for divine intervention in the state as we commence the process of rescue mission.

    He urged them to pray for peace in the state as we move closer to the July 14th governorship election.

    Olatunbosun enjoyed Muslims to remember that Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and as such, they must use the period of sober reflection to pray for Allah’s guidance in rebuilding Ekiti State, so that her sanity is restored.

    “Our Muslim brothers should besiege Allah to put an end to the reign of terror and misrule in our state and restore her back to her former peaceful state where people, both old and the young enjoy good governance and dividend of democracy,” Olatunbosun said.

  • Ekiti 2018: Muslims hail Fayose on choice of Olusola’s running mate

    Muslims in Ekiti State have commended Governor Ayo Fayose to supporting the choice of one of them, Kazeem Ayodeji Ogunsakin, as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) deputy governorship candidate.

    The Grand Imam of Ekiti State and Chief Imam of Ado-Ekiti, Sheikh Jamiu Kewulere Bello, said Fayose has fulfilled the desires of the Muslims on the choice of Ogunsakin as the running mate to the PDP candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola.

    The cleric spoke at a rally organized for Olusola and Ogunsakin on Tuesday by the Muslim Community on the endorsement of the latter by Fayose and PDP for the July 14 governorship poll at Fajuyi Park Arena in Ado-Ekiti.

    Kewulere, who is also the President of the League of Imams and Alfas in Southwest, Edo and Delta States said fayose has granted three out of four requests put to him by the Muslims in the state.

    Read Also: Fayose is very abusive, lacks decorum, says Oyegun

    Ogunsakin promised to justify the confidence reposed in him by the governor and the Muslim Community and boasted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would be defeated at the governorship poll.

    Olusola said Kewulere was happy because one of his heart desires has been fulfilled. He also hailed Fayose for “allowing God’s will to prevail.”

    The cleric said: “We asked for four things from the governor snf he has done three things now; this third is so surprising. We had told him that since he already has supported a Christian governorship candidate, we want a deputy  and we have been expecting.

    “We have said any party that fails to choose one of us as deputy governor, we will not support. But Governor Fayose has chosen one of us, Kazeem.

    “Any other party that calls us, we will answer them, we are their fathers but we are not politicians. Governor Fayose we salute and appreciate you. This project of yours shall be successful.”

    Fayose replied: “I thank you for acknowledging  that Fayose is a promise keeper. Fayose, a promise keeper, has kept this promise and if truly you want a Muslim as deputy governor, you must ensure that your people vote for Ogunsakin.

    “Pray to God to make this project successful; we have done our part. We have placed Ogunsakin at a position you all Muslims can help him.

    “I prayed to God about it and asked from God. And he confirmed Ogunsakin just as he gave me Prof Eleka (Olusola).”

  • Fayose is very abusive, lacks decorum, says Oyegun

    National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Odigie-Oyegun said Monday that the party was working hard to redeem Ekiti state from what he described as a very abusive government.

    Oyegun who spoke when he received the report of the Primary election Committee from the committee chairman and Nasarawa state governor, Tanko Al-Makura said the present Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose was very abusive and lacked decorum.

    He praised the aspirants for their spirit of sportsmanship, adding that the disrupted primary,  gave the party an opportunity to organise a perfect one, adding that the committees, aspirants and the delegates at the primary deserves a gold medal.

    He said the party leadership had started work to consolidate on the victory recorded at the primary, saying “We are working to ensure that the victory you have started is carried through come July 14, this year at the governorship election”.

    Presenting the report, Gov. Tanko Al-Makura attributed the success of last Saturday primary to the maturity exhibited by aspirants, delegates and party members.

    He said the exercise was successful because of the cooperation, passion and commitment of party members, delegates and the aspirants, adding that “More than anything else, is the conduct of the delegates at the primary, they were very matured and orderly”.

    He added that in spite of the rains, the delegates carried themselves in a much matured way and even embarrassed themselves after the results were announced.

    He said the party’s leadership should use the platform of solidarity exhibited at the primary to ensure coercion among its member in the state especially.

    Al-Makura however, blamed the disrupted May 5 primary to the activities of hoodlums whom he said took advantage of security lapses then, to course crisis.

    Read Also: Fayose reacts to Adeyeye’s exit from PDP

  • Voting Ends in Ekiti APC Guber Primary

    Voting has ended in the Ekiti State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary.
    Casting of ballots by delegates ended at 4.13 pm.
    Delegates from Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area were the last to exercise their franchise.
    The next exercise to be carried out is sorting which starts any moment from now.
    The Electoral Panel Chairman, Governor Tanko Al-Makura, had just given his remarks.
    There is no delegates inside the hall as they had left save the contestants who are also delegates.

  • Why Edo APC congresses were peaceful – Deputy Governor

    Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu, has said that the state had peaceful Ward congresses because former Governor Adams Oshiomhole returned democracy to the people.

     

    Shaibu who spoke to reporter in Benin City members of the APC had been imbibed with the spirit of carrying out consultations before going into any contest.

     

    The deputy Governor said the journey to the conduct of peaceful congresses started in 2008 when Oshiomhole took over governance in the state. 

     

    According to him, “Oshiomhole was able to take the party to a level where everything became organized and peaceful and where respect was observed across the state. 

    Read Also: Police nab suspected attackers of Edo journalist

     “Democracy was returned to the people and the party members understand that u don’t do things without consultation with the people. The idea of relating with the people and let the people make their input is what we have consolidated and it was shown in the congresses. 

     

    “Everybody has to make input and if you say you want to go into full Congress; people have to come out to contest. If you want to go into consensus, it means all stakeholders must agree on one person. That ability must be seen to be free without any bias. That is what we have done.”

     

    He said the APC will win the governorship in Ekiti State.

  • Ojudu withdraws from Ekiti APC Primary, accuses Oyegun of Injustice

    All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has withdrawn from the primary election scheduled for Saturday.

    Ojudu who addressed a news conference on Thursday described the party’s primary as “an unfair contest in which the national leadership wanted to force an unpopular aspirant on the people.”

    He accused the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, perpetrating injustice in the choice of the flag bearer in Ekiti and frustrating moves to have a transparent process.

    Responding to a question, Ojudu said: “I am not stepping down for anybody, I am withdrawing. I will leave (my) delegates to their choice.”

    According to him, “it is part of the complicity of NWC to allow an indicted person to contest for the party’s governorship ticket.”

    Ojudu claimed that Oyegun “vehemently opposed” an advice offered by the aspirants for the use of Option A4 to resolve the primary election logjam.

    Read Also: Breaking News: Ojudu withdraws from Ekiti governorship race

    The journalist-turned politician clarified that he was not stepping down for any aspirant but withdrawing from the race “to safeguard the future of our children and great grandchildren.”

    Ojudu said: “From what has happened since May 5 to date, it does without saying that this is an unfair contest where the NWC Chairman has clearly demonstrated that he does not care what happens to our dear party now and in the nearest future.

    “We saw a Chairman who has conspired with one of the aspirants in the race to unleash mayhem on others, wreak havoc and violence on ordinary citizens and exposed our state to great embarrassment on national television.

    “We saw an aspirant so unpopular to the extent that delegates called him unprintable names at the voting arena now being imposed on our people, not minding if this means we lose this state forever.

    “We do not believe in engaging in unfair contest and I am not ready to step on blood to get to power.  As I have reiterated at different times in the course of the campaign, this was never about me.

    “It was not about an ambition but a mission to give a new lease of life to Ekiti State and the people. It was about safeguarding the future of our children, our grandchildren, great grandchildren and even generations yet unborn.

    “Therefore, thus injustice perpetrated against Ekiti people by NWC Chairman cannot be allowed to stand. This is why the fight will continue, not as an aspirant but as a party reformer.”

  • Adeyeye dumps PDP, says he’s being wooed by five parties

    Barely 72 hours after losing the governorship ticket to Prof. Kolapo Olusola, former Minister of State for Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has quit the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

    Adeyeye said he was moving to another party to stop the continuity agenda of Fayose which he said was not in the best interest of Ekiti people but to keep the state in perpetual slavery.

    He disclosed that since he lost the PDP primary to Fayose’s anointed candidate (Olusola), not less than five parties have approached him to come over and contest on their platform.

    The former PDP national spokesman promised to reveal the platform he would use to contest for the governorship “in the next forty hours.”

    Adeyeye spoke on Thursday shortly after holding a meeting with members of his campaign team, the Prince Adedayo Adeyeye Movement (PAAM) at its headquarters along Ikere Road, Ado-Ekiti.

    He disclosed that he has been receiving solidarity messages from all parts of the world from people who were impressed with his performance at the PDP primary.

    The Ise-Ekiti prince said Fayose’s agenda was to do a third term in office by installing Olusola in a bid to perpetually corner Ekiti’s commonwealth.

    According to him, he would have won the PDP governorship primary “if not for the way Fayose intimidated delegates by forcing them to wear aso ebi to the venue.”

    Adeyeye condemned Fayose for standing up at a stage during the primary to monitor how delegates voted adding that he complained on the matter to the Chairman of the Electoral Panel, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.

    Okowa, according to him, said there was nothing he could do about Fayose’s alleged intimidation of delegates inside the hall when he (Fayose) discovered that he (Adeyeye) was receiving more votes than earlier envisaged.

    He revealed that Fayose allegedly coerced the delegates to same on local government basis to monitor how they voted which intimidated many of them.

    Despite allegedly monitoring delegates, Adeyeye said many of the delegates voted against Olusola which enabled him (Adeyeye) to garner 771 votes.

    He claimed that the governor who had boasted that he (Adeyeye) would not get up to 50 votes was shocked that he got 771 votes which allegedly made him (Fayose) to embark on an investigation of those who voted against Olusola.

    Adeyeye accused Fayose of stealing Ekiti funds and using same to acquire property while majority of the people are wallowing in poverty.

    The former Minister claimed that Fayose has wasted N8 billion Ekiti funds on chartered flights in the last three and half years while the flyover project was jerked up from N5 billion to N17 billion.

    He said: “I am leaving the party because party can change but your state cannot change, party can change, your hometown cannot change.

    “I can’t be part of enslavement, I can’t be part of corruption, I can’t be part of those keeping our people in poverty but spend billions of Naira on chartered flights to Abuja every year but will be riding okada at home.

    “By seeking another platform, I want to tell him that he can’t be riding roughshod over Ekiti people people and he cannot turn Ekiti to one-man rule.

    “Our party leaders in Abuja were surprised at my performance at the primary despite the intimidation but I told them that I can change party, party may go into extinction but Ekiti will remain.

    “I will not, because of party affiliation, allow Ekiti to be destroyed. That is why we will take decision today on where we are going.

    “Since Tuesday, civil servants, teachers, local government workers have become sad. Ekiti has been enveloped in mourning.

    “What is paramount in my mind is to liberate Ekiti. Today, we will not reveal where we are going yet but where are no longer where we were (PDP).”

  • Secondus, Ekweremadu laud Ekiti PDP primary

    The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus says that the successful conduct of hitch free and transparent gubernatorial primaries in Ekiti state on Tuesday is a consequence of the party rebranding and repositioning project that has proved to be on course.

    Prince Secondus said that the real winner from the exercise is democracy and not any individual as the PDP family in Ekiti would be healthier from the primary.

    In a congratulatory message he sent to Governor Ayodele Fayose and other leaders and members of PDP in Ekiti state soon after the primary, the National Chairman appreciated them for conducting themselves well. He charged them to note the pre- primary understanding that there will be no winner or loser but contestants all.

    In a statement from his media office signed by Ike Abonyi, the National Chairman commended all those whose made huge sacrifice that helped to make the primary a success particularly Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and his team who conducted the primary. He also commended in particular Senator Dayo Adeyeye for not only accepting the result but commending the process as free, fair and credible.

    Prince Secondus assured members and supporters of the party in the state and indeed nationally, that his campaign promises that the era of impunity and imposition of candidates in the party is gone remains and Ekiti is the first test case for us.

    He charged any member of the party desiring to fly the flag of the party at any level to return to the grassroots and market themselves because in a rebranded PDP ticket is not given in party offices but by the people at the field.

    The PDP leader warned the APC in Ekiti state not to create any nuisance in their frustration ahead of the July election as available intelligence shows that the opposition in the state is trying to launch havoc  just to disrupt the peaceful election.

    Prince Secondus finally urged PDP members in the state to remain vigilant and not relent until the final success is achieved in July.

    Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu also congratulated the Ekiti State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the peaceful conduct of the primary election that produced the Deputy Governor of the State, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, as the governorship candidate of the party in the July 2018 gubernatorial election.

    Ekweremadu emphasized that more important than the result was the process, noting that the PDP had, once more, showcased the growing internal democracy in the party.

    He advised other political parties to emulate the Ekiti PDP example to avoid overheating the political temperature of the State.

    He said: “I congratulate the PDP, Ekiti State, on this transparent, peaceful, free, and fair outing. It is has showcased, once again, the growing internal democracy in our party.

    “I commend Governor Ayodele Fayose, the Returning Officer, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, and our party leaders for showing leadership when it mattered the most.

    “I commend the aspirants for their exemplary sportsmanship. I enjoin Prof. Olusola to continue to work closely with every party faithful, especially the former aspirants, to ensure a massive victory for the PDP in the governorship poll”.

    Ekweremadu also called on the people of Ekiti State to continue to support the PDP.

     

  • Breaking: Ekiti APC gets two chairmen

    Scores of All Progressives Congress (APC) members on Monday stormed party secretariat and ‘dissolved’ the state exco led by Chief Jide Awe.

    They installed a new caretaker exco led by Mr. Kayode Egunjobi.

    The irate party members locked the secretariat and occupied it for about two hours before policemen came to prevent breakdown of law and order.

    They said the dissolution of the exco was in line with Article 21 of the party constitution.

    Led by Adeoye Aribasoye, the protesters accused Awe of bungling last Saturday’s primary, mismanagement of party finances and working against conduct of primary.

    Egunjobi promised to restore order to the party.

    But Awe maintained that he remains the chairman.

    He said there are processes for the dissolution of the state exco

    Awe maintained that it was wrong for some people to storm secretariat claiming to sack him and his “validly elected exco.”

    Details later…

    Read Also:Ekiti APC and its inconclusive primary

  • Rain disrupts Ekiti APC Primary

    Rain has disrupted the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Ekiti State.

    A total number of thirty three aspirants are jostling for the APC ticket ahead of the July 14 governorship poll.

    The primary which was being held at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, attracted delegates from all the 177 wards.

    Accreditation had started as soon 9.00 am and was going on until heavens opened at about 12.05 pm and a torrential rain descended on the arena.

    The rain, which was heavy, lasted over one hour and affected some gadgets already installed at the venue.

    Delegates who sat at the “popular side” of the stadium scampered to the covered stand in a bid to escape from the rain.

    The chairman of the electoral panel, Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State, directed that proceedings should continue after the rain has ceased.

    Accreditation of delegates continues

     

    …More updates coming later.