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Secretary of the Labour Party in Ekiti State, Mrs Bolanle
Olatunde-Bruce, says the incumbent governor in Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, lost
in the governorship election held on Saturday because he took the people that
voted him in for granted.
Mrs. Olatunde told
Channels Television on Tuesday that the election was free and fair, but listed
other circumstances that must have led to Ayodele Fayose’s victory over Fayemi.
On the conduct of
the election, the Labour Party spokesperson said materials got to various
polling units very early, with early accreditation of electorates also
achieved.
“There was no problem at all. Everyone was
happy with the election. Voting started at about 12:30pm in most polling
centres. By 2:30pm, voting was concluded,” she said, admitting that the election was credible,
free and fair.
When asked why the
Labour Party gubernatorial candidate stepped down before the election, she
stated that “on Monday the All Progressives Congress
(APC), the incumbent governor’s party,
went to town, saying that the Labour Party’s standard flag bearer, Honourable Opeyemi
Bamidele, had stepped down for the APC. Then,on Tuesday evening, it was
rumoured that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had asked him to step down from
the Election”.
She said that a
bulk SMS, asking members of the Labour to vote for the PDP candidate, went
viral on Saturday morning. Mrs Olatunde-Bruce stressed that the
SMS was not from their candidate and that the Party had planned to win the
Election.
“We have 2,195 polling units in the state
and the Labour Party has a minimal of 250 registered members and over 600
members in several other polling units. When the flag bearer of the party
contested for the House of Representative in two Local Government Areas, he
polled over 47,000 votes and he won because he was loved by the people and
other party members voted for him,” she said, explaining the chances of the party’s candidate making a remarking feat in the
election.
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