Fayose’s Loyalists Shun Senator Olujimi, Campaign For APC Candidate

Loyalists of former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose, in the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have resolved not to vote for Senator Abiodun Olujimi in next month’s election.

Naija News reports that the Fayose group is instead backing the All Progressives Congress candidate for Ekiti South Senatorial District, Yemi Adaramodu, in the February 25 National Assembly election.

Giving reasons for their decision, the group, under the aegis of Fayose’s Osoko Political Assembly, pointed to Olujimi’s alleged failure and her decision to work against the party’s interest in last year’s governorship election.

The PDP members from the six councils in the senatorial district, including the party’s State Executive Committee members, House of Assembly candidates, ward/local government chairmen, former House of Assembly members, and former political office holders, made these known on Saturday during a campaign rally at Ise Ekiti.

The group urged PDP members to vote for the APC senatorial candidate in the forthcoming election.

Speaking on behalf of the group, a former House of Assembly member, Dare Pelemo, said the campaign rally was to sensitize party members on the need to vote for Adaramodu in the senatorial election.

He said, “We in Osoko (Fayose) group are not going to vote for Senator Biodun Olujimi because she has not done well for our senatorial district, our communities, and for us as a people.

“We are here to tell our people who to vote for. Our leaders have agreed that we should vote for Yemi Adaramodu, the APC candidate for the Senate. It is not about party. It is about interest. It is better to vote for a person who can do it very well; that is what our leaders have seen in the APC candidate.”