Ex Majority Leader defects as Fayemi storms Ikere

BY Gbenga Ariyibi

Governor Kayode Fayemi’s campaign yesterday continued the bleeding of the PDP with the defection of another high ranking party official during a frenzy rally in Ikere.

Just a week after the former governor of the state, Engr. Segun Oni decamped from the PDP to the APC, a former commissioner in the state, PDP zonal publicity secretary and State PDP Secretary and former majority leader in the State House of Assembly, Mr. Kayode Babade also decamped to the APC.

Besides Babade’s defection, the Fayemi campaign was also boosted by the endorsement received from the Hausa Community in Ikere.
In defecting to the APC, Babade said: “The person we want whom God wants to return office is John Kayode Fayemi. We don’t want a violent person as our governor, we don’t want somebody bearing five names.”

“We don’t want a governor who will be detaining Obas inside the booth, who disrespects elders, who mismanages resources.

“We don’t want a governor who beats his wife, we don’t want a governor who beats his father. I want you my people to vote JKF, vote APC. Troop out massively on election day and we will ensure that PDP has no vote in Ikere”.

Addressing the mammoth crowd, Fayemi expressed gratitude for the people of the town for their massive support and solidarity, urging them to come out en masse and vote APC for the good works to continue.
Describing Ikere as the gateway to Ekiti land, Fayemi said the commencement of work on dual Carriageway underlines the importance attached to the town by his administration.

He urged the people of the community not to be intimidated by the opposition’s threat that Ekiti election results will be declared from Abuja, saying such a step won’t work in Ekiti.

“Ikere wants somebody that will represent it well and I am a son of Ikere. Not somebody who will lock Obas inside the booth, not somebody who will kill College if Education students again like before, not somebody who will disrespect elders.

“You have seen what we have done, payment of stipends to the aged, construction of roads, renovation of schools, we have not increased fees in our institutions