Fayose told newsmen in Abuja on Sunday: “This is not a sign of weakness on my part but a sign of maturity, which I have gained over the years
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The Director-General of Ayo Fayose Campaign team, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, and the state Publicity Secretary of PDP, Pastor Kola Oluwole, disclosed this at a news conference on Sunday
He disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan would be in the state in two weeks time to affirm his candidature as well as inaugurate his campaign office
The state executive of the party made the clarification in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Kola Kolawole, in Ado-Ekiti
Adeyeye described Aluko as an unpopular candidate who was selected by just five out of those present at the meeting
Fayose made the appeal at the national secretariat of the PDP in Abuja when he came to collect his Certificate of Return
A statement by the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said after thorough consideration of the report, the NWC approved the result and upheld the nomination of Ayo Fayose as the candidate of the PDP for the June 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State
Although no clue to the cause of the fire yet, it was gathered that the fire started around 2am
Leader of the PDP panel, which conducted the primaries, Dr. Peter Odili, announced that the immediate past Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade, scored seven votes
Fourteen of the 16 aspirants for the election had opted for the emergence of the candidate by consensus
Fayose, who stated this through his spokesman, Idowu Adelusi, on Sunday, said consensus is another form of imposition, especially when not all aspirants consent to it
Fayose, who gave this advice through his spokesman, Idowu Adelusi, in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, reminded the people of Ekiti State that it was part of their civic responsibilities
Two other aspirants had picked the expression of interest and nomination forms earlier. They were former Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (rtd); and former spokesman of Afenifere, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye
The group, which declared that “Fayose will never be Ekiti State governor again”, said any party that presents the former governor as its governorship candidate will be inviting total resentment from Ekiti State people, especially the elites
“I am the only person who can defeat the incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the ruling All Progressives Congress,” Fayose said on Monday
According to a statement on Saturday by his spokesman, Idowu Adelusi, the former governor at a meeting, which was well attended by the party stakeholders in Ado Ekiti on Saturday, called for unity of purpose among PDP members and prayed for the party’s victory
The governor disclosed this to newsmen on Monday shortly after an inspection of a poultry farm and processing plant established by his administration in Ikere and Ado Ekiti respectively
President Jonathan gave the assurance on Saturday during a closed door meeting with all the PDP aspirants in Ekiti State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
He argued that the Criminal Code states that a criminal charge brought against anyone must be specific in particulars, claiming that the “matter in this case is not specific and it is nebulous”
Rising from their inaugural meeting on Monday, the aspirants, in a communique issued after the meeting, also said that consensus arrangement would produce a quality and marketable candidate with wide acceptability, hence their support for the advice by President Goodluck Jonathan that consensus process be used to select the 2014 governorship candidate of the PDP in Ekiti State