TINUBU ADOPTS FAYEMI FOR 2ND TERM The National Leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, yesterday, adopted Dr. Kayode Fayemi to run for 2014 governorship election. He announced this at a meeting of party chieftains, at Ado-Ekiti as the party leadership intervened in the simmering crisis rocking the party in Ekiti State. This endorsement may have sealed the hope of Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele and other gubernatorial aspirants within the party who were equally warming up to contest the party’s governorship primaries with Fayemi. At a meeting attended by the chairman of the ACN, Chief Bisi Akande, the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Tinubu, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, Evang. Bamidele Olumilua and other chieftains of the party in Ado -Ekiti, inside sources said the former Lagos State governor made the party’s stand known. He said that Bamidele has a right as a Nigerian to contest for any post of his choice, but he should tarry a bit and allow Fayemi to run for second term. He said the leadership of the party was encouraged to support the governor based on the good work he is doing in the state. He, therefore urged Fayemi to extend an olive branch to Bamidele and other disgruntled members.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 04:43:21 +0000