2023: Oyebanji, Fayemi Rally Support For Tinubu In Ekiti

Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State and former Governor, Kayode Fayemi have called for massive support for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The duo made the call on Tuesday during APC leaders and stakeholders’ annual Christmas get-together hosted by Fayemi at his country home.

Fayemi is a former presidential aspirant and currently Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs to the APC Presidential candidate.

He said that Ekiti State and the entire country had a lot to gain if the APC retained the presidency with Tinubu at the helm.

He further expressed optimism that Ekiti will witness more development if the party could win all the State and National Assembly seats.

“I, therefore, canvass for massive votes for all the APC candidates for the state and national assembly seats, and as well ensure that the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu emerges as the next President of the country,” Fayemi said.

He thanked Ekiti people for choosing a competent person in Oyebanji as their governor, saying that the people had started seeing the benefits of electing someone with competence and character into office.

“I want to thank you again for electing BAO as your governor.

"He has the capacity, compassion, he is calm and he is a man of integrity.

“He also has what I don’t particularly have. He connects easily; If you recall an interview I gave about two years ago.

“I said I want a governor who will do everything that I can do but also has that bits of connecting with our people a lot better than I managed to do.

“So there is no reason why Ekiti people should be in any doubt that he is going to do much better than what I have done in office,’’ Fayemi said.

According to him, the presidency is number one and we have a candidate whom we believe will do well for the country, if he gets elected.

“Am sure you all want Asiwaju as our next President.

"So, we have to do everything under the leadership of our governor to win that particular election.

“Then we need continuity in our House of Assembly.

"The governor cannot work alone and our determination is to ensure that 26 of the 26 members that will work with Gov. Oyebanji are from our own party,” he said.

On his part, Oyebanji explained that the APC paraded the best candidates in all the elective positions, saying that Tinubu’s election as the next president of the country was non-negotiable.

He also assured the people of more dividends of democracy with Asiwaju Tinubu as the next President with APC having the majority of members of the National Assembly and APC retaining all the 26 seats in the Ekiti Assembly.

“We are prepared as a party and we have the best candidates and we are just waiting for the coronation come February.

“We are optimistic that Nigerians will vote for us massively. We shall also mobilise massively for our candidates,” he said.