Ekiti Election: ‘Wake Up To Reality’ PDP Group Tells Mrs Fayemi

Coalition of Ekiti youths has advised Erelu Bisi Fayemi,
the wife of Ekiti State governor and candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in the June 21 election in
the state to "wake up to reality".

The youths were reacting to a statement credited to Mrs. Fayemi that the polls, which produced the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) candidate, Mr. Ayodele Fayose as winner, were
manipulated

The group in a statement made available to newsmen in
Ado Ekiti Saturday, said "it is, however, not surprising
because Mrs Fayemi and indeed the APC are only just
coming out of their daze after their heavy defeat in the
election and are therefore just finding their voices to
utter untenable excuses".

The group in the statement signed by its State
Coordinator and Publicity Secretary, Messrs Wale Ayeni
and Diran Asiko respectively, said it wondered "why the
overwhelmimg losers in the election won't let Ekiti
people enjoy the peace that has pervaded the state after
the peaceful, free, fair and credible election", saying "if
the claims of Mrs Fayemi and the chairman of APC in the
state are anything near credible, Ekiti people would have
long been heard".

It said: "Since the election in which Dr Fayemi lost in all
the 16 local government areas of the state, the people
have heaved a sigh of relief for the ousting of his alien,
cruel government.

"If the claims of Mrs Fayemi and Chief Awe had any iota
of credibility, it is the Ekiti people that would have
reacted accordingly. But the people spoke with their
votes and would want the rejected party and its
chieftains to give them some breathing space while they
recuperate from the pains inflicted on them by the out-
going government", the group said.

According to Ayeni and Asiko, the people of the state
were "no longer fooled by propaganda and sweet talk",
saying "rather than persistent threat to expose non-
existent fraud in the election, they should make good
their threat and go further by going to the tribunal with
whatever they may lay their deceitful hands on as
evidence".

The group, which described Mrs Fayemi and Awe's
claims as "shameless and uncharitable to Ekiti people",
said "they mustn't take the people who voted
overwhelmingly for Dr Peter Ayodele Fayose of the PDP
as unwary, as their continued media lies against the
election that has received world acclaim would further
tarnish their image among the people".

Mrs. Fayemi had while delivering a keynote address at
the 50th anniversary public lecture and award ceremony
of the state chapter of the International Federation of
Women Lawyers, had alleged that the Ekiti election was
"manipulated from source".

She was quoted as saying "in due course, the full and
real story of how the Ekiti election of June 21 was
manipulated from source will be revealed", adding that

"There are many implications for Ekiti people having
voted the way they supposedly did".
The State APC Chairman, Chief Olajide Awe, in an
interview, also made similar claims and said more
exposure would soon follow.