Oni was said to have been abducted on a spot on the Efon Alaaye-Erio-Ekiti federal highway while returning to his home, Aramoko Ekiti, headquarters of Ekiti West Local Government area late on Saturday.
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Reacting to the latest killings by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State, Fayose wondered why a retired Army General and one-time military Head of State who contested and won election on the premises of providing security to the citizens has suddenly become lame duck.
Rotimi Kolawole, state coordinator of the association, said this on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti during a news conference.
I received with shock therefore the news that the sitting Governor in Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, trampled on tradition in the most sacrilegious manner. He didn’t just question or challenge the Kabiyesi, he told him to shut up with a stern warning never to repeat what he said earlier. What a condemnable, inexcusable and unforgettable abomination. The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
The party’s National Organising Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso, who inaugurated the committees in Abuja, said screening was mandatory for all aspirants.
The governor was reacting to statements credited to President Muhammadu Buhari that many Nigerian youths are lazy and only wait for cheap and easy way out.
Fayose said youths and women in the country remain the highest voting population, wondering why a president seeking reelection in 2019 would deride and cast aspersion on the young people.
In a statement on Monday, the group, which has hundreds of Yoruba professionals as members, said in spite of the lowly monthly allocation, human resources remain the greatest asset of Ekiti State.
Some had even divined he dare not announce his ambition. The White Paper bogey had almost drowned the voices of the boisterous orchestra of optimists who had vowed that “unfinished business” was about to berth at the Oke-Ayoba Government House. And like the game of dice, the end seemed unpredictable.
Adeyeye, who spoke with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, described the exercise conducted on Saturday as “the best in the history of the party and the state”.
They advised political parties to ensure they produce a candidate from the south in their primaries ahead of the main election in order to get their full support.
Adewale, an entrepreneur extraordinaire, philanthropist and a grassroots politician, has expressed confidence that his government, when voted into power, will not fail the people.
Ambassador Rufus Akeju, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commission, Ondo State, made the disclosure at a workshop organised for Journalists in the South-West on Thursday in Akure.
Presenting the tools to the beneficiaries, the state Deputy Governor, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, reiterated commitment of the present administration to employment creation for youths, as the focus was to alleviate poverty among the less-privileged.
The parties – Dayo Adeyeye, Biodun Olujimi and Owoseni Ajayi and others like Dare Bejide and Sikiru Lawal, who have defeated to others parties – were aggrieved because of Governor Ayodele Fayose’s overwhelming support for his deputy, Kolapo Olusola, also an aspirant for the poll.
Giving a breakdown of the expenditure, Ojo said that the cost only increased from the initial estimate of N5.2billion to N6.4b to accommodate additional expenses that were not captured in the initial budget for the project.
Fayose said only a leader like President Buhari that lacked competence and is challenged by knowledge and exposure will blame his predecessors for over three years.”
Olumide Oguntoyinbo, Secretary of CNPP in Lagos, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria Lagos.
He stated this on Monday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the APC National Headquarters after picking Expression of Interest Form and Nomination forms to contest the election.
Coker spoke during his tour of the 16 local government areas of the state to meet with party members, during which he presented his agenda.