Fayemi ‘ll give Ekiti people new lease of life – Adeyeye

A former governor-ship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has said that with the coming of Dr. Kayode Fayemi as governor, Ekiti people will get a new lease of life. Adeyeye, who defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) shortly before the June 14 Ekiti governorship election, added that he was glad that Fayemi was already working hard to clear the mess he met on ground.

Stating that the collective interests of the people will be better served under the new APC administration, Adeyeye said Fayemi possessed the required intellectual capacity and introspection required to initiate appropriate policies for the state. He listed the abolition of school fees, introduction of scholarships and revolving housing and car loans for teachers as some of the people-oriented policies that Fayemi has put in place.

Adeyeye, who was also a former spokesman for the PDP, attributed the defeat of the PDP in Ekiti State to what he described as the recklessness of former Governor Ayo Fayose. Stating why he dumped the PDP for the APC, Adeyeye, in a chat with our correspondent in Abuja at the weekend, said Fayose ran Ekiti State and PDP like his personal estates. Adeyeye said, “It became extremely impossible for patriots like myself and others to continue to endure Fayose’s high-handedness, selfishness and fascist tendencies.

“We managed to tolerate his misrule for four years, even when he personalised state resources and acted in total disregard for the PDP constitution, thereby denying majority of party members a level playing field. Fayose adopted a policy of extreme intimidation and witch hunt of everyone opposed to his jungle rule, particularly myself and party members associated with me. It got to a point that it became impossible for me to persuade my supporters to continue to endure the intimidation and oppression,” he said.

Adeyeye, who has secured the APC ticket for the Ekiti South senatorial district in the 2019 elections, said given Fayose’s excesses, there was no way the Ekiti people would have voted for his imposed governorship candidate, Prof Kolapo Olusola.

He dismissed claims by the PDP that the APC rigged the Ekiti governorship.