APC Says No Court Order Against Fayemi’s Candidature

The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has revealed that no court order have been served the party against its candidate for the Ekiti State governorship election, Dr Kayode Fayemi.

He said this while fielding questions from journalists on the pending suit against Fayemi by the former APC Deputy National Chairman, South-west, Mr Segun Oni under the auspices of Segun Oni Campaign Organisation (SOCO), on Wednesday in Abuja.

Oshiomhole insisted that the party has not receive any court order in such regards.

“What is important is that Segun Oni spoke eloquently during the flag-off of the campaign, he is a complete gentleman and I have a lot of respect for him.

“He spoke and I believe that he spoke from the heart, but in this business, you can hear all sorts of things on the social media.

“I am here as the National Chairman of the APC and I believe that if someone takes us to court, I would have been served court papers.

“So, let me say that there is no such thing, but however, we know that the opponent can sponsor publications and try to plant confusion,” he said.

The APC chairman declared that the plans by the opposition to turn members of the APC against themselves will fail, adding that the party is far more sophisticated than that and would not turn against itself.

He insisted that the election was as good as won for the APC as the party has a candidate who was not new to governance and has good track records in public service.

“Those manipulative tools will not be used this time, and so, the incumbent governor will have to learn an art that he was never familiar with.

“He has to learn how to persuade and convince the electorate, this time around, they will have to win and not to rig.

“I have fought PDP in Edo, just relying on mobilisation and persuasion and we know how to win. We will fall back on those conventional tools of winning election.

“And because they are not in that group, they cannot start learning new tricks, so Ekiti is as good as won,” he said.