Ekiti: Why Pro-Tinubu Aspirants, Five Others Withdrew From APC Primary

Senators Bimidele Opeyemi and Dayo Adeyeye identified as pro-Tinubu aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, APC governorship primary in Ekiti State on Thursday joined five others to pull out of the party primary. 

Others, who withdrew, according to a statement on Thursday, were a former governorship aspirant, Kayode Ojo; Demola Popoola; Femi Bamisile; former House of Representatives member, Bamidele Faparusi; National Assembly member, Afolabi Oluwasola and Senator Dayo Adeyeye, a former minister of works who is also leader of the pro Bola Tinubu’s Southwest Agenda for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, SWAGA. 

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They alleged that the primary election committee was made up of loyalists of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, claiming that the governor is attempting to impose former Secretary to the State Government, Biodun Oyebanji, as the Ekiti APC governorship candidate. The alleged moves by the Ekiti governor have been heavily flayed by the other aspirants including the pro-Tinubu APC governorship aspirants, Adeyeye and Bamidele.

This is as some members of the party protested against the process of the governorship primary election scheduled to take place on Thursday (today).

The statement read, “The seven aspirants herein received with rude shock and dismay the purported list of local government election committee and ward election committee made up solely by party members and political appointees that had before now openly endorsed the candidacy of Biodun Oyebanji the immediate past secretary to the state government.

“It is on record that the government of Governor Kayode Fayemi has given its unwavering support to the candidacy of Biodun Oyebanji, it is common knowledge that the Governor and most appointees of the governor are openly rooting for and supporting Biodun Oyebanji’s aspiration to become the flag bearer of our great party.

“The seven candidates herein are loyal, faithful and committed party members who are sincerely concerned about the chances of the party in the forthcoming 2022 governorship election where an imposition is allowed to override a democratic primary election for determining its flag bearer.

“We request that both the local government election committee and ward election committee that were constituted on the list already in circulation be disbanded and replaced with names that would reinforce internal democracy and uphold the aims and objectives of the party.”

Adeyeye and Opeyemi have been identified as two pro-Tinubu aspirants in the Ekiti primary race vying to replace Fayemi who is one of the leading aspirants alleged to be vying for the APC presidential ticket against Tinubu.

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