Ekiti State Deputy Governor and preferred Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant, Prof Olusola Kolapo, was on Friday received by hundreds of his town’s people of Ikere-Ekiti when he stormed the town for a special prayer over his gubernatorial ambition.
Olusola while addressing the crowd that attended his prayer meeting, boasted that his choice as preferred candidate for the 2018 gubernatorial poll by critical stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and backed by Fayose, is a signal of the continuation of good governance championed by Fayose in the state.
Olusola who predicted that his boss, governor Fayose would become Nigeria’s president, a development he said would make him give Ekiti the best of governance when fulfilled, urged the people to support him so that the developmental strides of governor Fayose in the town and across Ekiti could continue.
The prayer meeting was graced with attendance of the newly installed Chairman of the state’s Council of traditional rulers, Oba Oluwole Ademolaju who is also the Oloye of Oye-Ekiti and the Attah of Ayede-Ekiti, Oba Abdulmumini Orisagbemi and top functionaries of the Ekiti State government.
Olusola proceeded to the palace of his town’s monarch, the Ogoga of Ikere-Ekiti, Oba Samuel Adu Alagbado where another tumultous crowd of Ikere people welcomed him.
The Ogoga who prayed for the success of Olusola’s ambition, said: “we appreciate Governor Fayose for giving us one of our illustrious sons. Olusola is a man of integrity and very humble man of God. We had prayed for years for the next governor to come from Ikere-Ekiti and governor Fayose told us he would pray for a direction. We appreciate him for heeding to God’s directives and giving us Olusola.”
Speaking with newsmen on his emergence as the preferred candidate, Olusola said: “it is normal for a candidate to be adopted by a caucus of a party. But mine adoption is far beyond a caucus arrangement. What I mean is that all the state local government party chairmen, all serving state commissioners, councillors and ward chairmen and who is who in the party have come together to adopt me as their preferred candidate, it is a noteworthy development. So, we appreciate our party leaders and everyone for finding me worthy as their candidate.
“My emergence does not foreclose other aspirants from contesting. We still have the party primaries ahead. We have a constitution that is to be followed. However, I am very sure of emerging the party’s overall candidate at the primaries because I have the support of all the leaders and members.
Asked to react to the bad blood already generated among the party aspirants by his emergence, Olusola said: “truth is that when two or three people are contesting for a post, it will definitely get to only one person and others may not be happy initially. But as time goes on, everything will be settled. I want to encourage other aspirants that they have the opportunity to contest and there is no bad blood. What we have done is not unconstitutional because we have not said this is the final candidate, it is just an adoption by a wide range of stakeholders who would actively take part in the primaries. That simply means I have a large base of support.
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