By Rotimi Ojomoyela

Former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon Femi Bamisile, has identified reasons why many perceived political heavyweights failed in Saturday’s National Assembly election.

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Bamisile said many of them lost the elections because they took their people for granted saying, “they underestimated the voters, politicians are not the major players, the electorates are the one dictating the tune.”

According to him, “politicians always   have erroneous impression that they are the major players in politics, they thought they are up there above the people, but the people are the major players because they determine our fates. So, the lesson of the fall of heavyweight politicians in the just concluded National Assembly elections was that,   people can’t be taken for granted, because the election day is always a day of reckoning”,

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Speaking with journalists on his victory in Ado Ekiti yesterday, Bamisile, stated that he won the election to represent Ekiti East/Gbonyin/Emure federal constituency of the state owing to his connection to the grassroots, saying: “any politician who takes people for granted will be dealt with on the day of election”.

He stated that aside from his connection with the people, Governor Kayode Fayemi winning the July 14, 2018   governorship election, also swayed votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly candidates   in the state.

Bamisile, candidate of the APC defeated the incumbent federal legislator and candidate of the PDP, Akin Awodumila.

He promised to make up for the incompetence of the present occupant of the seat by ensuring that he attracts federal projects to the constituency.