election, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele, has cautioned the
outgoing Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to stop blaming
his defeat to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
candidate, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, on his refusal to
distribute money and bags of rice to the electorate.
According to him, "stomach infrastructure" theory advanced by the
governor's camp can send a wrong signal about Ekiti
people to the outside world.
Bamidele, in a statement by his Media Aide, Ahmed
Salami, in Ado Ekiti on Sunday, said the theory was
unfounded as it did not influence the choice of the
electorate, which voted against Fayemi.
The lawmaker, who came a distant third in the election,
recalled that before going to the polls, Fayemi
distributed over 200 buses among different interest
groups while his wife, Erelu Bisi, distributed buses,
sewing machines and several other equipment to market
women.
He, rather, attributed the incumbent governor's defeat
to Fayose to some self-serving intellectuals and
politicians, who misled Fayemi.
Bamidele, who is Chairman, House of Representatives
Committee on Legislative Budget and Research, added
that the poll remained the best conducted by the
Independent National Electoral Commission in recent
time, although not absolutely devoid of hitches.
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