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Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, has said the
victory secured at the Election Petitions Tribunal will motivate
Governor Kayode Fayemi to do more for the people.
Egbeyemi in a statement by his Special Assistant (Media), Odunayo
Ogunmola, said the judicial affirmation has confirmed that Fayemi and
the All Progressives Congress (APC) actually won the July 14, 2018
governorship election.
He said the verdict would strengthen the APC in the state ahead of the
February 16 Presidential and National Assembly elections and March 2
House of Assembly polls in the state.
The deputy governor, who hailed the people of the state for their
support said the mandate given to the APC would be used to better
their lives and take Ekiti to greater pedestal of development.
Egbeyemi advised the opposition parties in the state to join hands
with the Fayemi administration to transform Ekiti in line with the
four-point agenda of the administration.
The deputy governor, however, urged the APC members to be modest in
their celebration of the victory and not provoke opposition members.
According to him, the court victory has positioned the APC as the
winning platform which will make other party members to flock into the
party.
Egbeyemi said: “We thank God that gave us this victory and we thank Ekiti people that voted for us and all our supporters all over the world.
“This will surely make us to have more friends and more supporters and
victory is assured for President Muhammadu Buhari in Ekiti and Nigeria
as a whole.
“This judgment is a plus to our party and I just want to urge members
of our party and teeming supporters to take it with joy and be careful
when they are celebrating so as not to offend others.”
Signed
Odunayo Ogunmola
Special Assistant (Media) to Deputy Governor
28th January, 2019
