By Victor Akinkuolie Ado-Ekiti

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A former Deputy Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr. Taiwo Olatunbosun has said the party has been repositioned and more formidable to win the June 18 governorship election.

Olatunbosun said efforts of the reconciliation Committee put in place by the party to resolve the post-primary election grievances are already yielding dividends.

The Chairman of the Ekiti State House of Assembly Commission said opposition party hoping to harvest members from the APC over the January 27 governorship primary would be disappointed as many of the aggrieved members have resolved to sheathe their swords.

He said the assignment of the Post-Primary Reconciliation Committee led by the Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, has been made easier by Oyebanji’s extension of his hand of fellowship to other contestants many of whom are ready to work for the party’s victory at the polls.

Olatunbosun who is also a former Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation believes that the APC would coast home to victory on the strength of what he called “the good legacies and impressive performance” of Governor Kayode Fayemi in over three years in office.

He appealed to the Ekiti electorate to ensure continuity of good governance in the state for the first time in its history for all the policies, programmes and projects being executed to be consolidated for the good of the people.

Olatunbosun said: “The APC is getting stronger everyday and it is in a pole position to win the forthcoming governorship election. Those parties wishing to harvest members from the APC will be disappointed at the end because of the internal reconciliation going on.

“Politics is about interests and all the people being referred to as aggrieved, they have said it openly and publicly that they are not leaving the party and they are going to work for the party at the election.

“The issue of the governorship primary has been laid to rest and I can assure you that all the people that participated in that primary have pledged and publicly pledged that they are going to work for the party.

“Until we get to the campaign ground, you will see people, you will see almost all of them (contestants at the primary) on the campaign train, it is then that you will believe that our party is strong, prepared and ready to win and continue in governance.”

Making a case for continuity of an APC government in Ekiti, Olatunbosun said: “For the first time, Ekiti needs continuity, Ekiti needs stability to continue with the development that has started very well under the leadership of JKF (Fayemi).