Ekiti: Ex-Obasanjo’s aide condemns calls for consensus A former Senior Special Assistant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr. Segun Oluwadare, has chided a former Minister of Police Affairs, Mr. Caleb Olubolade, Prince Dayo Adeyeye and other Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirants for clamouring for consensus in the just-concluded governorship primary in the state. He said such a call by the aspirants was an indication that they were not loyal to the party’s national leadership. It will be recalled that a former governor of the state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, defeated other aspirants during Saturday’s PDP governorship primaries in the state. Olubolade and the defeated aspirants have described the election as a sham, saying the former governor would not lead the party to victory in the June 21 election in the state. But Oluwadare, who spoke with journalists in Abuja on Monday, said he was neither a friend nor a close associate of Fayose, but noted that the jubilation in Ado Ekiti, the state capital after Fayose was declared the winner, indicated that the right candidate had won. He said, “There is no doubt that Fayose was more popular than these aspirants which indicated why they stood vehemently against the drive of the National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, to return the party to the path of sanity and honour through internal democracy.” He said it was funny that at this age of modernity in politics globally, some politicians could still demand imposition of candidate. He said any popular politician should not in any way shy away from election, adding that those defeated during the primaries should accept the result of the election and work with Fayose. Oluwadare said he had expected that the other aspirants would present a candidate to face Fayose at the primaries, saying they couldn’t because no one was ready to step down for another. He asked, “If they had supported consensus, why are they asking for cancellation of the primaries, they did not believe in?”
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:43:32 +0000
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