Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has described Governor Biodun Oyebanji as a performer and builder of a modern Ekiti, who deserves a second term by all standards. Fayose spoke on behalf of his colleague former governors during the final leg of Oyebanji’s campaign tour of local council areas in Ado Ekiti yesterday. He maintained that all former governors are behind Oyebanji’s re-election for a second term, stressing that his brilliant and captivating performance must last until 2030 in the interest of the people.
Addressing a huge crowd of All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion, Fayose said he was confident that Oyebanji would be victorious in the June 20 poll. He added that the governor has no viable opponent that could pose any threat, on account of his exhilarating performance scorecard.
“I want to salute our governor, the performer, the builder and the man of the moment who has brought all of us together. I celebrate you at this moment. I am here in my capacity as one of the leaders of this state, which is interested in the development of its people. This governor never abandoned anybody, and we are solidly behind him. We are with you, and we will ever remain with you.
“I am not a member of APC, you all know my party. But what is good has no other name. I want Oyebanji, popularly known as BAO, to remain in office till 2030. He is a good leader. On behalf of all the former governors, I want to say that we remain with Oyebanji and we want him to remain in office till 2030. We congratulate him. God bless everybody.”
Another leader of the party and former Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Babafemi Ojudu, said it will be a shame for the party to deliver anything less than 500,000 votes to retain the governor in his seat. According to Ojudu, “the governor remains the most accessible, the most friendly. He has been the most generous to our people. In this election, the minimum we can give him is 500,000 votes. Let us thank him for the kind of change he has brought to Ekiti politics. I have told everybody that I have retired from politics, but he brought me out of retirement. He said I can’t retire yet.”
