MOB MAY DUMB ACN TO CONTEST EKITI 2014 GUBER POLL AGAINST FAYEMI The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Budget and Research, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, says he may leave the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria in Ekiti State to contest against Governor Kayode Fayemi in the 2014 governorship poll in the state. In a statement on Sunday, the lawmaker said he was ready to leave the party if that was the only way he could realise his ambition. Bamidele added that he was not only determined to participate in the election but was confident to oust Fayemi from the Government House. The lawmaker was, however, silent on which party’s platform he is likely to contest. Bamidele, a former Commissioner for Information in Lagos State, who alleged that some persons were trying to cause a strain in his relationship with former Governor Bola Tinubu, noted that the attempt would fail. He said, “I am stating unequivocally that by the grace of God and the encouragement of the well meaning people of Ekiti State I, Opeyemi Bamidele, will be contesting election to be governor of Ekiti State in 2014. It is an irrevocable conclusion based on popular yearnings as well as my personal conviction and commitment to human capital development and the creation of a new and united Ekiti. “The deliberate mismanagement of information of the meeting proceedings, no doubt, is in furtherance of a series of attempts to push me and my supporters out of the ACN. The purveyors of the information have forgotten that even if they had succeeded in doing that, it still would not deter me from pursuing my vision and ambition on other progressive party platforms based on divine guidance and the leading of Ekiti stakeholders home and abroad.” (Culled from Punch Newspaper)
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 05:45:57 +0000
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