Ekiti 2022: Fayemi Will Allow Emergence Of All-Inclusive APC Candidate-Aribasoye
A member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Honourable Adeoye Aribasoye, has declared that Governor Kayode Fayemi will allow the emergence of an all-inclusive candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead the 2022 governorship election in the state.
This was as the APC chieftain said the ruling party in the state remains united, cohesive and focused to win the governorship election.
Aribasoye said, notwithstanding the controversies that trailed the APC congresses and the rumour that the governor had endorsed a certain individual as the APC candidate opposition force would not be allowed to divide APC before the election to avert returning Ekiti to Egypt.
He described the APC as the best party that can deliver dividends of democracy to the people, adding that Governor Fayemi has been all-inclusive in his leadership style, adding that such would continue to be demonstrated until the expiration of his tenure.
Aribasoye, in a statement, said, though Fayemi has the right to support whoever he wishes among the aspirants, the governor, as an astute strategist and humble leader, would allow for an all-inclusive consultation in arriving at such decision.
“Some people in their wildest imagination have started painting Governor Fayemi as a despot. I can say this boldly, Governor Fayemi is one of the most democratic governors Nigeria has ever produced.
“He has a rich democratic backgrounds. His late father was a politician, so he was born into politicking. He was a pro-democracy activist who coalesced strategies, actions and intellectual prowess with others to rid the nation of the vestiges of the military. Again, he had contested election thrice and now serving as a state governor.
“With these intimidating credentials, Governor Fayemi knows the value of democracy and what inclusiveness means in the survival of any democracy. He has been part of the processes since inception in 1999 and has become the master of the game.
“I am confident that all shades of opinions in our party shall be entertained and given consideration as we proceed to come up with a candidate for the election.
“The primary that threw up Governor Fayemi in 2018 must be the most transparent in history. That accounted for why we won that election and same will be applied in this election,” he said.
Aribasoye further said those waiting for the APC to explode before the election would be disappointed, adding that the party will be united and strong to prosecute the June 18, 2022 poll zealously.
The lawmaker said a similar rumour of imaginary division and implosion was widely spread by mischief makers in 2018, but the APC, despite the shenanigans, recorded a landslide victory, winning in 12 local government areas, to defeat the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“There is nothing like division or imposition here. The APC remains one big, united family. There could be some dissenting voices. These are normal in politics and the fact that some people can still be allowed to talk in the APC shows that Governor Fayemi is democratic.
“We were all living witnesses to what we witnessed in Ekiti between 2014 and 2018, when the PDP was run like a one-man show. This is not so in the APC. It is even alien to us; that is not our practice and norm.
“Our members must continually have confidence in our leaders that they will do what is right and just and whatever action they take would be in the best interest of our great party and all of us as members,” Aribasoye said.
