The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC), has declared that Governor Ayodele Fayose’s Sunday visit to a leader of the party, Chief Segun Oni, was a desperate attempt to create atmosphere of distrust in the party ahead of the 2018 governorship poll.
Following the anger the visit had elicited among party members, the party clarified that Oni didn’t receive any prior notice about Fayose’s visit and that the former governor shouldn’t be castigated unjustly over the matter.
The party also praised President Muhammadu Buhari over his virulent fight against corruption and insecurity, leading to the release of some of the abducted Chibok Girls by Boko Haram insurgents recently.
Fayose had on Sunday visited Oni, the APC National Deputy Chairman (South) in his Ifaki Ekiti country home with a clarification that the visit was non-political and was only expressing respect to his host as a former governor and leader of the state.
However, the Acting State Chairman of the party, (APC) Mrs Kemi Olaleye who spoke at a meeting held at ward 09, Ado Ekiti capital city on Tuesday, said she was with ex-governor Oni when Fayose paid the surprised visit .
“I have heard our members expressing anger over the visit. Please, I want to tell you that I was with Chief Oni when Governor Fayose came.
“It was Fayose’s Chief of staff, Chief Dipo Anisulowo that actually called and said he was paying our leader a visit. Not long, we got a message inside that the governor and Anisulowo were around without prior notice.
“Even when the governor said he wanted to have a secret meeting with Oni, he rejected it. He told him to say whatever he wanted to say in our presence as party leaders and confidants.
“You know 2018 is fast approaching and we have to be vigilant. Governor Fayose had said openly that he has started politics and this might be part of the game to cause distrust in our party”, she warned.
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