Ekiti guber: Fayemi congratulates PDP flag bearer; Denies walking out of South West leaders’ meeting

Minister of Mines and Steel Development and frontline Governorship Aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Olusola Eleka, for his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s flag bearer for the July 14, governorship election in the state.

Dr. Fayemi, has also denied media reports that he stormed out of  a meeting of the party’s South West leaders with Ekiti State governorship aspirants in Abuja on Tuesday.

Prof Eleka, on Tuesday, emerged winner of the PDP governorship primary held in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

Dr Fayemi, a former governor of the state, said the emergence of Prof Eleka in an orderly and peaceful primary, is a welcome development.

He however said the APC would give the PDP flag bearer a good fight for the Oke Ayoba Government House come July 14^th, adding, however,  that the APC still remains the preferred  choice for the generality of Ekiti people.

The Minister, according to a statement by his Media Office, said he is confident that whoever emerges as APC flag bearer in the party’s rescheduled primary on Friday, would be more acceptable to the Ekiti electorate.

In another statement, also by Mr. Oyebode in Abuja, the Minister said that contrary to misleading media reports and social media posts purporting that he walked out of the meeting, he only left the venue, like other attendees, at the end of the meeting.

The Minister said there was no basis for him to storm out of the meeting which was called by the leaders to proffer a way forward for the party, in the face of the rescheduled Ekiti governorship primary.

The Minister, however said he could not make the second part of the meeting when it reconvened later in the evening, having earlier taken permission from the leaders to attend another meeting.

“It is thus worrisome and highly embarrassing reading reports of purported ‘walk out’ on our leaders when nothing like that actually took place.

“We implore well-meaning members of the society and members of our great party to disregard the misleading reports,” the statement added.