One time Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Femi Bamisile, yesterday boasted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state will not rely on federal might to defeat Governor Ayodele Fayose in 2018 governorship election.
Bamisile, who has already declared his intention for the 2018 election, disclosed that the party would embark on serious and widespread mobilisation to get Ekiti voters to its side.
Speaking when his campaign team paid a courtesy call on the APC’s State Working Committee, the aspirant said, “We are not going to rely on President Muhammadu Buhari or federal might to win the coming governorship election. We have the capacity to defeat Fayose on our own.
“In the June 21, 2014 governorship election, we lost to the PDP by a margin of over 80,000 votes. But in the presidential election, it reduced to about 50,000 despite that Fayose did not allow some of our members to campaign.
“With this, it was evident that the APC in Ekiti is very strong. I want to assure our leaders that we will win the next election convincingly. But we have to work seriously for it so that we won’t disappoint President Buhari.”
Bamisile stated that he had started monthly distribution of free petrol to commercial motorcyclists operating in the state, adding that other critical voting population would enjoy similar gesture soon.
In his remarks, the State APC Chairman, Chief Jide Awe, represented by his deputy, Mrs. Kemi Olajide, and a leader of the party, Chief George Ojo, praised Bamisile for coming out at a critical time to give the party a strong voice.
Awe, who urged ex-Speaker to shun violence or any campaign of calumny in his aspiration, assured that the party will give all the aspirants a level-playing ground and will not impose anybody on them.
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