A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party in Ekiti state, Hon. Opeyemi Falegan, has welcomed the efforts of the Secondus-led national executive members of the party to reconcile governorship aspirants of the party ahead of July 2018 governorship election in the state.
The state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose had last September adopted his deputy, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, as his preferred candidate, a development that has caused misgivings among other aspirants including the immediate past national publicity secretary of the party and former minister of state for works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, Senator Biodun Olujimi and former Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada, Amb. Dare Bejide.
Falegan in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Friday said the latest move by the national body to wade in the crisis was an indication that the party is ready to win the governorship election in the state.
“Without mincing words, the national chairman and his team have demonstrated their high level of political wizardry and prowess especially at defending the masses.
“The move by the leadership of our party has been my position especially on the need for a genuine reconciliation of all aggrieved party members across the board. The only catalyst to rejuvenate the winning spirit of PDP is reconciliation”, he said.
Falegan, however, called on party members to continue in their struggle to recover PDP from the enemies of democracy in the state, assuring that the party would still wax stronger and lead the country again.
“And the fact remains that Governor Fayose’s dictatorial and unbranded both in talks and action have done more ills than good for the party in Ekiti state since his assumption of power.
