Kayode Fayemi, a former Ekiti state governor, on Sunday said he will contest the July 14 gubernatorial election in the state. He made his ambition known at a news conference at his Isan-Ekiti country home in Oye Local Government Area of the state.
Fayemi, who is the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, had hosted leaders and scores of members of the party from all the 16 Local Government Areas and the 177 Wards of the state. He said he was driven by his past records of positive achievements, especially for workers, retirees and pensioners while in office in the state. He explained that his decision to seek re-election was to deliver the state from incompetent and dubious hands and take her to where its supposed to be.
Fayemi said he would formally submit his letter of intent to the state secretariat of the APC as soon as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lifts ban on campaigns on April 15. He said he wa not bothered by the White Paper banning him from seeking public office in the state for 10 years. He described the document as final result of several months of political witchhunt launched against him by the Ayo Fayose-led administration that cannot stand the test of time.
The Minister vowed to dislodge Fayose and his deputy in the poll if picked at the May 5, 2018 gubernatorial primary of the party in Ado Ekiti. He advised other aspirants against divisive tendencies by their followers, stressing that whoever that eventually emerged from the coming primary must be embraced by all since the national secretariat of the party had promised that the whole exercise would be open, free and fair. He promised to use his second-term to correct all past mistakes and improve on the good ones, saying he had learnt his lessons since leaving office about four years ago as governor.
Newsbreak.ng reports that Fayemi is the 35th aspirant to declare his interest in becoming the next governor of the state under the platform of the All Progressives Party, APC.
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