A recent survey on the forthcoming governorship election in
Ekiti State has shown a tightly contested race between the candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and current governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi
and the former governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Ayo Fayose, with just a two per cent point gap between the two.
The survey was conducted for ANAP Foundation, which is a non-profit
organisation that is committed to promoting good governance, by NOIPolls
Limited. ANAP has been carrying out series of elections polls since 2011 with the sole objective to provide information on opinion research during the election period and conducted similar polls for the Lagos State governorship and presidential elections in 2011.
In the recent survey on Ekiti, the president and founder of the organisation, Atedo Peterside, disclosed that respondents were asked who they will be voting for in the June 21, 2014 governorship elections in the state and that Fayose led the list of candidates with 31 per cent, while Fayemi got 29 per cent.
He stated that 37 per cent of those polled were undecided as to their choice of candidate.
The survey results also showed that youths between the ages of 18-29 years are more inclined to vote for Fayose, while the working class between the age groups of 30-45 and 46-60 are more inclined to vote for Fayemi.
The survey shows that almost eight in 10 eligible voters are registered to vote in the June election, with about six in 10 are absolutely certain that they will vote
The 46-60 years age group led the majority of those who are absolutely certain they will vote.
Meanwhile, Governor Fayemi has said the survey is not a reflection of realities on ground. He declared that his administration has delivered on its promises through good and impactful governance in the last four years.
Opeyemi’s aspiration gets boost as 2000 defectors join LP
The aspiration of Opeyemi Bamidele, the Labour Party candidate in the Ekiti State June 2014 governorship election, received a boost, at the weekend when over 2000 members of opposition parties in the state, declared for the Labour Party.
The defectors, who officially joined the Labour Party, at a ceremony, at the party’s secretariat in Ado-Ekiti, on Saturday, were members of the now defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic party (PDP)
Leader of the defectors from the ANPP, Arowolo Johnson, said about 1,200 members of the party in the state, did not join the APC as part of the merger cum transformation to APC because they saw early signs that they would not have a voice in the party.
According to him: “there were indications at the very beginning of the merger of our former party to become APC that we would be marginalised because there was serious complaint of same even among members of the ACN being a principal partner in the merger, and we concluded that if we really want to make an impact in the governance of our dear state, Labour Party would be the best for us.”
Also speaking on behalf of his co-defectors, the leader of the team from the APC, Adewale Ojo, popularly known as Sokoto said he led the over 500 members of his group to the Labour Party because the APC lack internal democracy and has no room to accommodate diverse opinions.
“We left the APC when it became evident that the party leadership was not ready to listen to people’s opinion.
“There are so many things wrong with the APC government in the state and it was becoming clearer by the day that these things will be the government’s albatross at the end of the day. Most of those left in the party are aware of what we are talking about and they are only still there because they don’t want to be labelled as saboteurs .
“A lot of them are working for Opeyemi secretly but we have decided to identify with him publicly because his candidature is popular and the Labour Party has been made popular too by the incredible performance of the Ondo state Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko.”
Taking his turn to speak for his fellow defectors from the PDP, Otunba Aduloju Richard said he led others from the PDP because of Bamidele’s choice of the Labour Party.
No rift between me
and Fayose —Ewi
The Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, has
said that the relationship between him and the former Ekiti State governor and
2014 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr Ayodele Fayose,
was cordial and perfect.
The Ewi, who stated this when the former governor paid him homage at his palace last Friday, said neither the Ewi nor Ado,was against Fayose.
According to a press statement issued by Fayose’s spokesman, Mr Idowu Adelusi and made available to the pressmen in Ado Ekiti, on Sunday, Oba. Adejugbe, said that he doesn’t think or talk about the past, stressing that the past has gone with the inadequacies.
However, the monarch enjoined all candidates to conduct peaceful campaign, saying that all eyes were focused on Ekiti.
He added, “we don’t want violence and killing in Ekiti State, what we want is peace and progress. All eyes are on us whether we are going to kill ourselves..”
Quoting from I Corithians 13 Vs 1-9, the Ewi imployed Ekiti people to love one another, shun violence and killing, stressing that the state can move forward if there is peace.
Earlier, Fayose who was well received by the Ewi and the chiefs, had told the monarch that he had not come as a candidate but rather, to pay homage to the Kabiyesi, adding that he would still come back to present himself as candidate during which he would ask for royal blessing.
He praised the Ewi for being magnanimous at forgiving him his wrong doings of the past, saying that he was now better a Fayose, more responsible, mature and responsive, promising never to allow anybody to stand between him and the Ewi.
The PDP candidate said, “ I urge you Kabiyesi to forgive and forget the past,so that tomorrow can come. I will accord you the desired respect and recognition if you offer me another chance. It is my detractors that stood between me and your royal majesty.”
Fayose recalled what he did at transforming Ado township when he was a governor, promising to do more for Ado if he becomes the governor again.
The Ewi, who stated this when the former governor paid him homage at his palace last Friday, said neither the Ewi nor Ado,was against Fayose.
According to a press statement issued by Fayose’s spokesman, Mr Idowu Adelusi and made available to the pressmen in Ado Ekiti, on Sunday, Oba. Adejugbe, said that he doesn’t think or talk about the past, stressing that the past has gone with the inadequacies.
However, the monarch enjoined all candidates to conduct peaceful campaign, saying that all eyes were focused on Ekiti.
He added, “we don’t want violence and killing in Ekiti State, what we want is peace and progress. All eyes are on us whether we are going to kill ourselves..”
Quoting from I Corithians 13 Vs 1-9, the Ewi imployed Ekiti people to love one another, shun violence and killing, stressing that the state can move forward if there is peace.
Earlier, Fayose who was well received by the Ewi and the chiefs, had told the monarch that he had not come as a candidate but rather, to pay homage to the Kabiyesi, adding that he would still come back to present himself as candidate during which he would ask for royal blessing.
He praised the Ewi for being magnanimous at forgiving him his wrong doings of the past, saying that he was now better a Fayose, more responsible, mature and responsive, promising never to allow anybody to stand between him and the Ewi.
The PDP candidate said, “ I urge you Kabiyesi to forgive and forget the past,so that tomorrow can come. I will accord you the desired respect and recognition if you offer me another chance. It is my detractors that stood between me and your royal majesty.”
Fayose recalled what he did at transforming Ado township when he was a governor, promising to do more for Ado if he becomes the governor again.
APC, Accord exchange
words over candidates
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Accord Party have exchanged words over their candidates in the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State over, who between their candidates in the election understood the issues bothering the state better.
The candidate of the Accord Party in the election, Mr Kole Ajayi, while speaking on a television programme in Ado Ekiti at the weekend advised the people of the state to elect “a home-based candidate in the election”, saying “only a candidate that is based at home, who understands the terrain and the challenges confronting the people, is best suited for Ekiti governorship seat.”
Ajayi said this was important in view of “the colossal damage imported politicians have done to the economy of the state.”
But the APC which reacted through one of its chieftains and chairman of the State House of Assembly Service Commission, Mr George Ojo, who was also on the programme, disagreed with Ajayi, saying “it will be wrong for anybody to describe Governor Kayode Fayemi, as an imported politician.”
According to Ojo, who contested for the House of Representatives on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2007, “Fayemi is a bonafide citizen of Ekiti State and has the right to contest irrespective of where he had lived in pursuit of his professional career.”
Ajayi has stated on the programme aired on the state television station (BSES) that he was “a home-based politician, who has an in-depth understanding of the economic, social and political dynamism of the state to be able to transform the lives of people, whose conditions have been worsened by elected officials.”
The Accord Party candidate, who said the people of the state were “already disillusioned with imported politicians”, expressed optimism that “the people would take the right decision in the next election to correct the ills of the past.”
He said: “Ekiti has been so unlucky with these imported politicians. Right from the time of Otunba Niyi Adebayo who ruled the State from 1999 to 2003 to Ayodele Fayose and the present Governor Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti had been ruled by those who were not known at home.
But Ojo pooh poohed the argument, saying “the constitution is very clear about this. What it says was that since your parents can be traced to have originated from a place, you can enjoy every right and privilege in that society.”
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Accord Party have exchanged words over their candidates in the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State over, who between their candidates in the election understood the issues bothering the state better.
The candidate of the Accord Party in the election, Mr Kole Ajayi, while speaking on a television programme in Ado Ekiti at the weekend advised the people of the state to elect “a home-based candidate in the election”, saying “only a candidate that is based at home, who understands the terrain and the challenges confronting the people, is best suited for Ekiti governorship seat.”
Ajayi said this was important in view of “the colossal damage imported politicians have done to the economy of the state.”
But the APC which reacted through one of its chieftains and chairman of the State House of Assembly Service Commission, Mr George Ojo, who was also on the programme, disagreed with Ajayi, saying “it will be wrong for anybody to describe Governor Kayode Fayemi, as an imported politician.”
According to Ojo, who contested for the House of Representatives on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2007, “Fayemi is a bonafide citizen of Ekiti State and has the right to contest irrespective of where he had lived in pursuit of his professional career.”
Ajayi has stated on the programme aired on the state television station (BSES) that he was “a home-based politician, who has an in-depth understanding of the economic, social and political dynamism of the state to be able to transform the lives of people, whose conditions have been worsened by elected officials.”
The Accord Party candidate, who said the people of the state were “already disillusioned with imported politicians”, expressed optimism that “the people would take the right decision in the next election to correct the ills of the past.”
He said: “Ekiti has been so unlucky with these imported politicians. Right from the time of Otunba Niyi Adebayo who ruled the State from 1999 to 2003 to Ayodele Fayose and the present Governor Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti had been ruled by those who were not known at home.
But Ojo pooh poohed the argument, saying “the constitution is very clear about this. What it says was that since your parents can be traced to have originated from a place, you can enjoy every right and privilege in that society.”
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