The final electioneering campaign of our candidate in the Ekiti election, Gov. Kayode Fayemi, provided the perfect setting for the Jonathan-led administration to bare its fangs with a series of arbitrariness and unconstitutional acts that threaten the very fabric of our democracy
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Fayemi, in a state broadcast to the people of the state, urged them to cooperate with security agencies and other relevant authorities full to make the election a success
Rising from its meeting in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, the veteran labour leaders in a release signed by its Chairman, Comrade Idowu Faleye, and Secretary, Comrade Dare Ofere, advised the National President of NLC, Comrade Umar Abduwaheed, members of the Central Working Committee and the Ekiti NLC leaders to keep to the policy of labour and avoid dragging the state workers into partisan politics because of selfish financial gains
In Ekiti State, the state Commissioner of Police, Felix Uyanna, failed the litmus test of protecting the people of Ekiti and to provide a level playing field for all political parties to thrive. In the presence of Mr. Felix Uyanna, a MOPOL Chief in Ekiti threatened to arrest the governor, Dr. Fayemi
The APC women, led by the wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, said this at a campaign for the reelection of Governor Kayode Fayemi, which held at Efon, Ijero and Ekiti West Local Government Areas on Monday
Yet once I joined I began to see things as they really were. I have never been and will never be part of a cult and the fact that people like Mohammed and those he represents within the APC are not comfortable with any form of admonition or criticism from senior party members like me speaks volumes
The attack, which took place on Monday afternoon, occurred just opposite the Ekiti State Government House
Fayose alleged that the state government was threatening government workers with sack if they voted for the PDP in the June 21 election
Speaking through the Director General of the Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, the PDP governorship candidate added: “Fayemi should rather apologise to Ekiti teachers for refusing to pay the 27.5 per cent TSS that was being paid by the PDP government before he assumed office
After obtaining the form for N5 million, Fayemi said his decision to seek re-election was a response to several calls by the people of the state
Fayemi, who added that the APC is a party of difference and development, stated that the struggle of the party is “not the survival of the fittest but to pull up the weak and vulnerable” in the society
Bamidele, who made the observation at the start of the Labour Party ward congresses in 177 wards of the state, said more could have been achieved with such funds
A peep through the February 9 Birthday Horoscope revealed some interesting things about the making of John Kayode Fayemi. People born on such a natal day are independent and generous individuals with their unique and at times non-conformist perspective on life
Adeyeye called on all well-meaning indigenes of the state to join him in begging the governor on behalf of the pensioners and LG workers
Abosede, who gave birth on Friday, said her husband abandoned her immediately a scan confirmed she was pregnant with triplets
The irony of it is that the amount budgeted for the Fayemi social security is not made public and the mode of selecting the beneficiaries remains a top secret, just as the list of beneficiaries. Only few members of Governor Fayemi’s kitchen cabinet are involved in the modus operandi of this clandestine policy
The governor, who participated in the registration exercise at Ogilolo, Isan ward 11, in his country home, Isan Ekiti on Thursday, said that the failure of the Senate leadership to read the defection letter has not changed the senators’ decision to dump the PDP, adding that they have already registered as members of APC in their various states
The donation, according to Fayemi, was in response to the appeal fund launched by the institution to actualise its engineering faculty
Adeyeye, who said it was obvious that Ekiti State people are tired of the Fayemi-led government, reiterated his conviction that “Ekiti people will vote Fayemi and his evil government out of office on June 21, this year
It would be recalled that during the third anniversary of the Fayemi administration, various interest groups, including the women, youth, artisans as well as leaders and members of the All Progressive Congress from the 16 local government areas of the state, called on Fayemi to seek re-election for a second term so as a to continue the recovery and restoration work he had begun