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The main challenger to Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, in the June 29 governorship elections, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, has emerged as the sole candidate of the Labour Party in the state.
The National Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, gave this hint on Wednesday, while receiving Bamidele, who was at the party’s national headquarters to submit his nomination form.
Nwanyawu said as of Wednesday, the closing date for the submission of nomination forms, the party’s records showed that it was only Bamidele who had not only collected the form, but had also submitted same in line with the party’s constitution.
He said, “As of today, (Wednesday, March 19), no other aspirant has collected the form of intent to run. So, if you did not take the first step, you cannot take the second step of submission of nomination form.
“The implication of this is that, by the time we will be closing the submission of forms at the close of business today, (Wednesday) MOB is the only candidate that has complied.”
However, in compliance with guidelines set by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the party is expected to conduct its primary to authenticate his candidature.
Earlier, Bamidele had said he was in the race to rescue Ekiti State from the tyranny which the present administration in the state represented.
The people of Ekiti State deserved better representation because the state required critical intervention to set it on the path of progress.
He said, “There is a need for all well-meaning citizens of Ekiti State to come together and rescue that state from the claws and tentacles of all manners of pseudo democrats, who feel that the only way democracy can have meaning is for a few people, to continue to have their way while perpetrating a tyranny of the minority however powerful such a minority may appear to be.”
He expressed gratitude to the sacrifices made by older members of the Labour Party to build a platform which, he said, had become a platform of choice for the people of the state.
