The Director-General of the Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, Opeyemi Bamidele, has said the All Progressives Congress entertains no fear about the victory of its candidate in the July 14 governorship poll in Ekiti State.
Bamidele said he had confidence in the leadership of the party in Ekiti State, including former governor Segun Oni and his group working for Fayemi to record a resounding victory in the election.
The Director-General said this in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Ahmed Salami, in Ado Ekiti on Thursday.
Recently, Oni was linked to litigation purportedly filed in Abuja seeking the nullification of Fayemi’s victory in the party’s primary on account of his refusal to resign as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in line with the party’s constitution and guidelines.
Commenting on the event that has been eliciting ripples in the APC, Bamidele said he had no reason to doubt Oni and his commitment to Fayemi’s victory in the election.
He said the PDP had also spread the rumour that the APC had been dealing with those who defected to the APC, including a former Minister of Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye and others with caution, suspicion and restraint. He described this as “a lie from the pit of hell via some demented minds.”
“We are not ruling out the possibility of people having some ill-feelings about certain issues in our party, but that should not degenerate to the level where people can act as fifth columnists in their own party.
“The Ekiti APC can’t be immune from crisis just like every other party because we have diverse backgrounds and our temperaments differ in the way we handle issues. Let me say this, the doors of the party are wide open to entertaining complaints and we will discuss them to the satisfaction of everybody.”
Source: Punch
