Transparent primary responsible for PDP’s victory in Ekiti – Fayose

Ekiti State governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose has described his victory at the poll as a result of the transparent party primary that threw him up as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate.

Fayose spoke on Thursday night at the Lagos State secretariat of the PDP during a stakeholders meeting. The meeting was organised as part of Fayose’s tour of the southwest.


According to him, through transparent primary, PDP will recapture the South West. “Ekiti election has exposed the hypocrisy, corruption and wickedness of APC governments. I will only support candidates who emerge through primary. I therefore plead with all factional leaders to reconcile. What should be the concern of all is winning the governorship election. All of us cannot be governor. Let us support the most popular candidate who wins election”, he advised.

Also speaking at the meeting, the Minister of state for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro described Fayose’s victory as victory of grassroots politics, adding that by the victory, Fayose should be seen as a pathfinder. “Fayose in Ekiti is called Osokomole but we in Lagos call him pathfinder. Before the Ekiti election, that is during the campaign and even at the eve of the election, I saw Fayose in life and action. If you are close to Fayose you will know how to cultivate the grassroots. In the history of Nigeria, Fayose is the only governorship candidate who has defeated the incumbents twice. I saw real grassroots politics in Ekiti. The victory in Ekiti has raised our hope to recapture the South West and most importantly, Lagos”, he said.