*He never won any free, fair election in Ekiti – Senator Aluko
“The revelations of Fayose’s close ally, Tope Aluko and that of Capt Sagir Koli corroborated the fact that the election was massively rigged.” Fayose had never won any free and fair election in Ekiti”.
As a last joker now in his bid to safe himself against many of the chastisements that are awaiting him in life after government, Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, is said to have commenced what appears to be the last leg of his escapist strategies, as he is said to be planning to decamp into the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mr. Fayose, The DEFENDER, had reported in the past may have no escape route as, according to the online newspaper, there is no way the security of a serious nation will not place a person who has done more dangerous things against the nation and governing corridors of the country like Fayose under close watch till the end of his tenure when he will be taken up to answer questions based on how he used the opportunity he has as an elected governor under immunity.
Former Senate Deputy Chief Whip between 1999 and 2003, Gbenga Aluko, on Sunday, revealed Ayodele Fayose’s plans appearing to be in consonant with that earlier report of The DEFENDER, as the former lawmaker accused the Ekiti State governor of making surreptitious moves to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), having realized that the PDP cannot win the 2018 election.
But in a swift reaction, Fayose’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, described Aluko’s remarks as false.
Senator Aluko, who declined further explanation on the moves being made by Fayose over this allegation, said: “In the All Progressives Congress, APC, there is no move that you make that a leader like me won’t know. Fayose knew that he can’t win the forthcoming election and we are following his every move and attempt to join APC.”
Aluko added that Fayose had always been riding on back of the presidency to win elections, saying the 2003 and 2014 elections that produced him as a governor were fraught with irregularities.
Speaking on the rumours flying around that former Governor Kayode Fayemi is interested in the 2018 Governorship poll in Ekiti State, Aluko, declared that the Minister still remains a strong backer of the zoning agitation in the state.
He said this, on Sunday, at a press conference in Ado Ekiti, where he reviewed his visits to 11 local governments and 122 wards to canvass for votes ahead of the APC primaries.
Expressing confidence that the APC would triumph in the 2018 poll, Aluko said: “Fayose has always been riding on presidential power to win election in Ekiti.”
In addition, he said: “In 2003, he won election in Ekiti because of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s desperation to make inroad into the southwest. The same scenario played out in 2014, when the former President Goodluck Jonathan wanted to use Ekiti and Osun to make inroad to the south west for 2015 presidential election.”
“The revelations of Fayose’s close ally, Tope Aluko and that of Capt Sagir Koli corroborated the fact that the election was massively rigged.” Fayose had never won any free and fair election in Ekiti”, he said.
