The Director General of Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, Bimbola Daramola, has vowed that Ekiti people will never return to the dark days characterized by insecurity, gangsterism and immaturity.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, Mr Daramola highlighted some of the achievements of Governor Kayode Fayemi in the last three and a half years. Mr Fayemi is seeking re-election in June 21 governorship election in the state.
According to him, “In this season of electioneering politics, and amidst a plethora of dizzying promises and political mudslinging, it is easy to forget the kind of transformation that Ekiti has undergone under the Fayemi Administration in the past three and a half years.
“For one, the atmosphere of gangsterism, insecurity, immaturity and crudity at the highest echelon of the state have given way to a peaceful, decent and humane governance, while the high principles and sense of decorum for which Ekiti people are well known have come to the fore again.
Highlighting the Governor’s achievements, the Director-General noted that social security for the elderly, have raised the standard of living in the state, coupled with unprecedented infrastructural development, upliftment of educational standards through massive investment in education and good management of scarce resources for the benefit of the state.
He therefore, expressed optimism that the good people of Ekiti would not want to backtrack from the huge and significance progress the state has recorded under Governor Kayode Fayemi, or want a reversal of the good fortunes of the State.
Daramola, who is a member of the House of representatives reminded the people that “Those who gave Ekiti a bad name by exhibiting traits that are the very anti-thesis of the concept of ” Ile Eye”, those who showed glaring disregard for traditional authorities and those who turned a well-respected state into a theatre of the absurd are back, asking the same people they traumatized in their time to vote them into office again”.
He states further, “A particular candidate, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele of the Labour Party, has been telling anyone who cared to listen that he will turn Ekiti into an Eldorado, without saying clearly that his intention is not to win next month’s election – because he knows that he can’t and he won’t win – but to prevent Gov. Fayemi from winning at all cost, because of nothing more than a bruised personal ego.
“It is important to alert the people of Ekiti that because the sole reason Mr. Bamidele is in this race is to stop Gov. Fayemi, he is ready to shut down his campaign anytime from now and team up with the PDP candidate, Mr. Ayo Fayose.
“The plan is simple: As next month’s election draws nearer, Mr. Bamidele is criss-crossing the length and breadth of Ekiti, pledging uncommon zeal and an incurable determination to turn Ekiti to the Dubai in four years.
“But in reality, he is simply hedging his bet and waiting for the right time to name his price: Huge funds to make up for the expenses he has incurred during his make-believe campaign, extraction of assurance to ”take over” the mantle of the state from Fayose after four years and, in return, the dumping of his ambition so he can team up with the PDP candidate.
“This is really not a surprise to us, considering that the Labour Party is nothing but a satellite party of the PDP. But anyone who believes this information is farfetched should put his or her ears to the ground, and will find that exploratory meetings have already started
between the twin candidates of deceit, who are bent on taking the people of Ekiti back to Egypt”.
Daramola therefore, urged the people of Ekiti to reject those who have no interest in building on the progress that the state has achieved in the past three and half years.
