The son of former Governor of Ekiti State, Joju Fayose and erstwhile publicity secretary, Lere Olayinka and other PDP Candidates who are jostling for the seats at the House of Representative and House of Senate of National Assembly have kicked against the composition of Presidential Campaign Council and Campaign Management Committee for Ekiti State.
Their bitterness was revealed in a letter of petition directed to the Director General, Presidential Campaign Council of People Democratic Party(PDP) and made available to news men.
The content of the letter is as follows:
18th December, 2022.
The Director General,
Presidential Campaign Council,
PDP.
Dear Sir,
REJECTION OF EKITI STATE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL & CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
We are National Assembly candidates of the PDP in Ekiti State.
Out attention has been drawn to Presidential Campaign Council and Campaign Management Committee for Ekiti State, as released by your good self, being circulated on various social media platforms.
Particularly, the persons appointed as Directors of Campaign for the Central and North Senatorial Districts are members of Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The SDP is fielding Senatorial, House of Representatives, and House of Assembly candidates in the above-mentioned Senatorial Districts.
In the list, the majority of the nominees are not members of the PDP. They are SDP members. Furthermore, majority of the rest who are PDP members did not win their polling units in the last governorship election.
Our elections will be held alongside that of the president.
The implication is that members of SDP will work against us as our Senatorial Directors of Campaign for our elections.
To us, the campaign council/committee is not a gift item to impress anybody if the objective is actually to win the elections.
To this end, as stakeholders /candidates whose elections will hold alongside the presidential election, we the underlisted candidates reject the composition of the Campaign Management Committee in its entirety, and demand the implementation of the earlier list submitted by the party.
Kind regards,
- Alhaji Lateef Ajijola
Senatorial Candidate, Central - Funso Ayeni
Senatorial Candidate, North - Otunba Oluyinka Akerele
House of Reps Candidate, Ekiti North 1 - Lere Olayinka
House of Reps Candidate, Ekiti Central 2 - Hon Mrs Emiola Adenike Jennifer, House of Reps Candidate, Ekiti South 2
- Joju Fayose
House of Reps Candidate, Ekiti Central 1 - Otunba Babatunde Ajayi
House of Reps Candidate, Ekiti North 2
