Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Ekiti State, a youth group in the Peoples Democratic Party under the aegis of EKITIKETE Youths Alliance has appealed to its National Chairman, Dr Iyocha Ayu, to call some chieftains to order over their alleged anti-party activities in recent times to enable the PDP to reclaim the state from the ruling All Progressives Congress.
This was contained in a statement titled, “Save PDP in Ekiti State now” made available to newsmen on Sunday by its Convener, Prince Segun Okangi.
According to the statement, “We are concerned members of the party across all the wards in the state and we are impressed by the immense support we are receiving from the people of the state and we are very sure that our party, the PDP, is set to regain its lost glory in the state come the next gubernatorial election in the state.
“We are however taken aback by some recent ugly developments in which some of the chieftains of our great party are romancing with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, especially the state Governor, Dr John Kayode Fayemi.
“Our findings have revealed that even the state governor through a former governor, who is a member of PDP, is sponsoring some of our governorship aspirants for his own selfish interest. As a matter of fact, the self-acclaimed “leader of the party” in the state has been collecting N10million from the APC-led government in the state in the past six months to destabilise the PDP in the state.
“A rider to that was the sneaking to the APC Government House of one of Fayose’s ally, and a supposed governorship aspirant in the state on the 31st of December, 2021. The aspirant who equally pretends to be a leader of one of the warring groups in Ekiti tagged Repositioning. He came out of the Government House with bags of money for himself and his boss, Governor-General.
“Sir, we are speaking out now because we don’t want to waste this very ample opportunity to reclaim the state back from the APC as our people are tired of the situation in the state and are yearning for a change and the alternative is the PDP.
“Sir, don’t allow the Lagos and Abuja Politicians to deceive you about the true happenings in Ekiti State. We appeal to you to please listen to our outcry now and conduct your own independent findings on our claim so as to guide you. We have documentary evidence with photographs of these leaders involved in anti-party activities to sabotage our chances of reclaiming the state back at the polls this 2022.
“Please, don’t ignore our petition now. We have qualified, tested and trusted men and women of integrity amongst our aspirants that can win the election for our great party. All we are asking for is that your National Working Committee, NWC, should be vigilant and watch your back. We should be careful of saboteurs parading themselves as PDP Messiahs. PDP has defeated APC before and we can do it again once the political merchants in our party are caged.”