BY ALIJO SYLVESTER, ABUJA – The political atmosphere in Ekiti State has become charged, following the dumping of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by Ayo Oluwayose, a brother to Governor Ayodele Fayose. Oluwayose, has accordingingly embraced the Action Democratic Party (ADP).
The political drama took place when the governorship candidate of the ADP, Segun Adewale took his campaign mobilisation tour to Fayose’s town during which a crowd was suddenly formed around the scene just to confirm that it was Oluwayose.
In his remarks, Oluwayose said he had no choice but to denounce the PDP owing to the failure of Governor Fayose, who he noted succeeded in making the people of the state poorer than when he met them when he assumed office.
Oluwayose said even though he shared blood relations with Fayose, his conscience couldn’t reconcile with the directionless situation facing the state.
He queried; “How can I ignore the pains that unpaid wages have brought on our people? If we want a better society, we must not let our relationship allow us to hold us back from standing by what is right.”
Oluwayose also said that Fayose’s succession plan is an attempt to prolong the people’s sufferings and hold them in servitude.
According to him; “My decision to dump PDP for ADP is borne out my patriotism for an Ekiti that works for everyone. Ekiti is in shamble and we must embrace the right ideas that can take us out of the current economic and social doldrums.
“Let me make something clear here, I think today is the first time I am meeting Adewale but I have heard a lot about his capacity and resolve to turn a hopeless situation into an endless opportunity. We need someone of his standing to bring to bear his experience and discipline to the resuscitation of our social and economic values.
Oluwayose pledged his commitment to the success of Adewale’s aspiration in Afao-Ekiti and the state as a whole on July 14, 2018, vowing to resist any attempt to manipulate the votes of the people.
