There is a growing face-off between the former governor of Ekiti State Mr Ayodele Fayose and his younger brother, who is the frontline governorship aspirant under the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Otunba Emmanuel Fayose.
Otunba has expressed his resolve to contest the forthcoming governorship election in Ekiti State.
In a statement made available to newsmen by his media office in Ado Ekiti, Otunba Fayose said his resolve to contest is borne out of his desire to rework Ekiti State to the path of growth and development.
“I am in the race to dislodge Oyebanji-led government and eventually if I win, I will run an inclusive government that would steer Ekiti in the right direction,” Otunba Fayose wrote in the statement.
According to Otunba Fayose, the need for more emphasis and clarification regarding his desire to run is as a result of the recent meeting between a former governor of the state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos recently.
At the well publicised meeting, the former governor who coincidentally is the elder brother to Otunba Fayose told President Tinubu that he would be supporting the incumbent to return which party members across Ekiti State considered as an anti party.
Reacting to the development, Otunba Fayose said, “I read about the meeting in the newspapers like any other person and I wish to state that the meeting has nothing to do with my aspiration.
“The meeting will not in any way impact on my aspiration because the former governor being my elder brother is only exercising his Democratic rights of freedom of choice.
“His choice and preferences will not and cannot in anyway impact negatively on my bid as we are separate entities pursuing different goals.”
Otunba Fayose however called on his teeming supporter in the state to remain steadfast and resolute in their quest for positive change in the state.
He said come 2026, PDP will return back to power and beging the process of rebuilding the state, describing Oyebanji administration as a total disaster.
“So my brother is on his own and it’s left for the leadership of our great party to ascertain his political allegiance either to our PDP or APC.
“I am however using the opportunity provided by this platform to urge our teeming supporters to remain firm and resolute and not to be distracted in anyway to cause the needed change in our state,” he concluded.
