From Victor Akinkuolie
Ado-Ekiti

Former Minister of Works and the National Chairman, Southwest Agenda for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu 2023 presidential ambition(SWAGA), Senator Dayo Adeyeye, has declared that Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress must adopt direct primary to elect the governorship candidate for the 2022 poll in Ekiti State.

Adeyeye said it would be a fatal mistake for APC to allow unpopular individual to be imposed on them during the January 27 primary meant to elect the candidate that would fly the party’s flag.

Adeyeye also submitted that the Ekiti State chapter of APC and people of the state in general would back Tinubu’s presidential aspiration, describing him as the best man to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari .

The former Minister said this in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday while declaring his intention to vie for Ekiti governorship on the platform of APC.

Before addressing supporters at the Prince Adedayo Adeyeye Movement office in Ado Ekiti , he had held a rally with large crowd of supporters, who marched from Adebayo area of the capital city via Ijigbo to Ajilosun, where his office was located.

Adeyeye posited that the best way to democratise APC’s primary and make the outcome acceptable in Ekiti, is by adopting direct primary, so that the party can get a popular candidate to face the opposition.

“APC must win this election, they must pick someone that is popular. You can see for yourselves that people are with us. In 2018, we told some people that they won’t have their way through imposition and it happened. It is obvious that only a popular candidate can win for APC in this election.

Adeyeye stated that Tinubu presidential ambition would bring goodness to Ekiti, especially if Ekiti people also elect him to govern the state after clinching the APC’s ticket.
“Our prayers is that Asiwaju Tinubu will be President and that you will make me the governor of Ekiti State. If this should happen, Ekiti will be better for it. With Tinubu and Adeyeye, it is more goodness for Ekiti.

“Your time has come. We know our governor has not been fraternising with you. He has not been making himself accessible, but if you elect me, I will dine and wine with you. With me as your governor, no room for poverty in Ekiti again, we will work hard to end it.
Explaining the reason for his ambition, having failed to realise such on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party in 2018, Adeyeye hinged this on his vision to serve Ekiti and fight the scourge of poverty and unemployment in their ranks.

Adeyeye, flanked by a former House of Representatives member, Hon. Oyetunde Ojo, said SWAGA is the most formidable political group in Ekiti APC, saying this was responsible for why others were afraid of direct primary.

Described Adeyeye as the best man that can secure victory for APC, Hon Ojo, appealed to delegates to resist attempt by moneybags to buy their conscience during the primary.