By Ayodele Oni
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, known for working against any candidate not annoited by him, has instructed his followers to truncate the third term ambition of Senator Biodun Olujinmi, during next month national assembly election.
Olujinmi, Senator representing Ekiti South, at the red chamber, and the former Governor, are the two arrow heads in the crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, with each of them leading different factions.
Loyalists of former the Governor, have resolved not to vote for Senator Abiodun Olujimi in next month’s election.
The Fayose group, is instead adopting the All Progressives Congress, (APC) candidate for Ekiti South Senatorial District, Yemi Adaramodu, in the February 25 National Assembly election.
Acting under the aegis of Fayose’s Osoko Political Assembly, they explained that their action was as a result of 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.
“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.”
