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He said: “If a Nigerian who is 18 years can vote, such a person should also be qualified to be voted for and whether or not such person can be elected should be left in the hands of the electorate. Most importantly, age is not a barrier to intellectual capability and that has been in most countries led by young people. Here in Nigeria, General Yakubu Gowon was Head of State at 32.”

In a statement on Friday by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose, who is also the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, said the APC committee on restructuring is unnecessary since the jury is already in that Nigerians in their large numbers, cutting across party, regional, ethnic, social and religious backgrounds have overwhelmingly voted for the immediate restructuring of the polity.

Governor Fayose, while addressing the mammoth crowd after declaring open the Situation Office for the 2018 election, charged the people to shame those who claimed that the June 21, 2014 was as a result of “photochromic” and “militarization” of the poll by handing them another resounding defeat in 2018 and 2019