By GBENGA ARIYIBI
Labour Party Governorship candidate, Mr. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, has called on his supporters  to disregard text messages announcing his withdrawal from the gubernatorial race.

He also stated that no amount of propaganda would make him withdraw from the contest.

*Bamidele

According to a statement by his Media Aide, Ahmed Salami, he dismissed the information in various bulk SMS messages as fictitious and misleading.,

His words: ‘’This is to urge our teeming supporters and Ekiti voters to desist from bulk SMS announcing the withdrawal of Michael Opeyemi Bamidele of Labour Party from the governorship race. There is no iota of truth in it. We are of the opinion that those behind this may have felt threatened by our growing popularity thereby making them to look for an easy way to victory come June 21, 2014

“The timing of this propaganda is very wrong if we had gone this far into the race in the last eight months without pulling out, nothing will make us quit. Within this period, Labour Party has built structures around the state, leading to its candidate emerging as one of the three frontliners and most favoured in various opinion polls.

”No doubt, we are still in the race and we can confirm that those afraid of us are behind this failed attempt”,

“We urge all true sons and daughters of Ekiti to stay committed to our collective struggle to bail Ekiti people out of the current socio-economic captivity occasioned by maladministration of the incumbent. To them, we say that nobody wins elections through malicious sms but through popular votes which will be cast on 21st June, 2014.”