Former Executive Chairman of Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has said those opposed to zoning of political offices in the state, especially the governorship, want to treat others as second class citizens whereas none exists in the state.
Adeyeye said: “Zoning of political offices in the state is very much relevant and those opposing it are enemies of Ekiti.”
Speaking in Ise-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Sunday while hosting leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party to an end-of-the-year party, Adeyeye noted that nobody in the state had the right to oppress others.
He was reacting to comments by some people that zoning of political offices is unnecessary in the state and that such had been overtaken by events.
Adeyeye, who is aspiring for the governorship ticket of the PDP for the 2014 election, stressed the need for Ekiti South Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the state.
Going historical, Adeyeye stated: “Even in the old Ondo State from where Ekiti was carved out, after late Pa Michael Ajasin spent his term in office and the military took over, the next governorship election was during the aborted Third Republic and all the governorship aspirants in the defunct Social Democratic Party and the National Republican Convention were from the Ekiti axis.
“This was because people knew that for the sake of equity and fairness, the Ekiti people should produce the governor and it was so.
“Now, since the creation of Ekiti State and the advent of democratic rule, nobody from the South Senatorial District has governed the state.
“Does it mean there are no competent persons from the area? No.
“The area has six local governments while the other two districts have five local government areas each.
“We must not create the impression that some people are inferior to the others.”
Adeyeye, however, added that if the contest is thrown open to aspirants from every zone, he was sure of emerging victorious.
He said: “We have been working underground.
“You know that party primaries are technical issues.
“It is people who are the delegates that can vote and as I am talking to you, we have control of 11 local governments out of the 16 in the state.”
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