Peter Ayodele Fayose who was governor of Ekiti State in Nigeria from 2003 to 2006, and was declared as the winner of the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State in 2014 has described Dr Kayode Fayemi's defeat as a way of eliciting public sympathy.
The
newly elected-Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, called the
concession of incumbent governor Kayode Fayemi to defeat a mere
propaganda ploy directed at evoking public sympathy. This bold statement
was made by Fayose today, on Thursday, June 26 in Abuja. According to
Fayose, although Fayemi conceded publicly and congratulated his opponent with the election victory the governor did not answer his phone calls since then.
“The governor said I am conceding to defeat. Let me be realistic with you, there is a difference between propaganda and reality. I have been calling the governor since after our meeting but he hasn’t picked the call. If you read all papers now, he said I will create local governments before I go. How do you reconcile these things? I am not a propagandist, I am a realist.
The governor says he will do employment before he leaves that means you want to create problem for the incoming government. So I see that concession, as good as it may be, we must all be realistic about it, we must not deceive the Nigerian populace.
Their party said we are still studying the ink used by INEC; it is the governor that conceded not our party. I respect the governor, he is our leader, up until the 15th of October, he remains our leader but I want to appeal to APC not to play propaganda with sensitive issues like this.
If the governor says I am not going, his party too must make pronouncements otherwise I do not mind them going to court. The court will ask you: “It is usually the incumbent that rigs, why would somebody who is not an incumbent now rig and defeat you in your ward”?
With due respect, I know APC more than you, I will not shoot myself in the leg before I start so I will rather let us leave it as it is. It is our government but we will make sure they have their say, minority will have their say, majority will have their way. We will make sure that there is an environment for them to operate as credible opposition to government.”
Ayo Fayose scored 203, 090 number of votes to beat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Fayemi, who scored 120, 433 votes, to the second position while the candidate of the Labour Party, Bamidele Michael Opeyemi scored 18,135 votes to come third.
It would be recalled that earlier Fayose promised to work in collaboration with the incumbent governor Dr Kayode Fayemi to ensure peace and stability in the state and announced his readiness to leave the Government House in 2018 when his tenure expires.
“The governor said I am conceding to defeat. Let me be realistic with you, there is a difference between propaganda and reality. I have been calling the governor since after our meeting but he hasn’t picked the call. If you read all papers now, he said I will create local governments before I go. How do you reconcile these things? I am not a propagandist, I am a realist.
The governor says he will do employment before he leaves that means you want to create problem for the incoming government. So I see that concession, as good as it may be, we must all be realistic about it, we must not deceive the Nigerian populace.
Their party said we are still studying the ink used by INEC; it is the governor that conceded not our party. I respect the governor, he is our leader, up until the 15th of October, he remains our leader but I want to appeal to APC not to play propaganda with sensitive issues like this.
If the governor says I am not going, his party too must make pronouncements otherwise I do not mind them going to court. The court will ask you: “It is usually the incumbent that rigs, why would somebody who is not an incumbent now rig and defeat you in your ward”?
With due respect, I know APC more than you, I will not shoot myself in the leg before I start so I will rather let us leave it as it is. It is our government but we will make sure they have their say, minority will have their say, majority will have their way. We will make sure that there is an environment for them to operate as credible opposition to government.”
Ayo Fayose scored 203, 090 number of votes to beat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Fayemi, who scored 120, 433 votes, to the second position while the candidate of the Labour Party, Bamidele Michael Opeyemi scored 18,135 votes to come third.
It would be recalled that earlier Fayose promised to work in collaboration with the incumbent governor Dr Kayode Fayemi to ensure peace and stability in the state and announced his readiness to leave the Government House in 2018 when his tenure expires.
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