PDP, Aliyu, Tambuwal congratulate Fayose

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PDP governors welcome the outcome of the polls
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has congratulated the newly elected governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele
Fayose, describing his victory on Saturday as well-deserved.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement Sunday described the Ekiti governorship poll as credible, free and fair, adding that it was an unequivocal statement on the preference of the PDP by the entire people of Ekiti state, and Nigeria.
“The outcome of this election confirms the popularity and acceptability of the PDP and its candidate, the governor-elect of Ekiti State. It brings to the front burner, the genuineness of the crowd that throng our rallies across the country, especially in Ekiti state,” the party said.
Mr. Fayose contested and won the Ekiti State top seat on the platform of the PDP.
He dethroned incumbent Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The PDP attributed the victory to its “strict adherence to the principles of internal democracy, the kernel of transparency in the conduct of our governorship primary which produced a popular candidate, the overwhelming choice of party members.”
It said the victory was also a clear conformation of its position that the APC is not really on the ground and has no genuine followership even in states that are under its control.
“We demand of the APC, the sportsmanship required of democrats in an electoral contest by congratulating the victorious candidate just as we did in Edo state where it won and in Ondo and Anambra States where Labour and APGA won respectively    instead of taking to incitement and other bad loser syndrome”, the statement said.
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State said Mr. Fayose’s victory is a reflection of what the PDP will achieve in 2015 general election.
The Speaker of the House of Representative, Aminu Tambuwal, also congratulated the elected governor, as well as the outgoing governor, Mr. Fayemi, for conceding defeat.
Also, the Kogi State governor, Idris Wada, congratulated the governor-elect.
Mr. Wada said in a statement that outcome of the election is a “loud voice of the masses” and an endorsement of programs of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, the party under which Fayose contested the election.