Ekiti poll: Intellect thrown into dustbin – Fayemi

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has again reacted to the outcome of the state’s governorship election in which Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party emerged winner.
Fayemi said the election showed that intellect has been thrown into dustbin.
Fayemi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the election, disclosed this during an award ceremony for outstanding senators, organized by Senate Press corps.
He, however, said intellect is not supposed to be popular in Nigeria right now.
He said: “I know that intellect is not supposed to be popular in our country right now.
“What counts in being popular is what I hear is grassroot.
“If you are an intellectual, you are an elite and an elite is what should be thrown into the dustbin not to be associated with.
“Even as a very keen and detached interested observer of the Senate, I always stand very tall every time I listen to my own senator, my own representative in the Senate speak.
“And I also always notice that the Senate is always really silent every time Senator Olubunmi Adetunbi is on his feet because he never speaks from the partisan point of view.
“He comes prepared with facts, figures and with conviction.
“We are very proud of him in Ekiti because he continues to represent the future really that we aspire to.
“I am here primarily, singularly to pay homage to service, intellect and activism.
“Although I came for my friend but looking at the array of people being honored this evening, I happen to know many of them and they are people I respect a lot.
“Beyond partisanship, they have demonstrated what it is to be committed to humanity.”