Ekiti State former governor, Ayodele Fayose and Senator Biodun Olujimi are now at war.
The senator and Ekiti State former Deputy Governor, Prof. Kolapo Eleka have taken Fayose to the cleaners for supporting All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate, Hon. Yemi Adaramodu.
Senator Olujimi said: “You cannot be in the party and be declaring support for another person in another party. There is nothing stopping you from working for the person you believe in but when you are staying in the party and you are doing that, it is not only anti-party but is also against all tenets of democracy.”
“These are indecent acts that border on anti-party and people like that should leave the party and that is the truth because they don’t believe in what the party holds. They are looking on a particular leadership within the PDP and they should be decorous enough to hold on to the tenets of what party affiliation dictates.”
“It’s all about former Governor Fayose, it’s all about him, it’s all about wanting to lead at all times which we are not averse to. No, we are not averse to that but we are asking for decency and decorum and a little bit of respect for our persons.”
On the other hand, Eleka said: “Being a leader does not mean that you don’t show respect and regard for your followers and associates. A leader who goes about running down his followers and bringing out falsehood just to keep them perpetually at a certain level. He is definitely going to lose his support base.”
“I heard Pelemo and Onigiobi talking that they are members of the PDP, but if at a point in time, you start campaigning for the opposition, campaigning against the candidate of your party, there is no other name for it than an anti-party activity.”
“In that (Lagos) meeting they were to, referring to, Pelemo was not there, Onigiobi was not there. It was the report that Fayose gave them that caused them to come out to say Olujimi does not need them. She did not say that, they were only fed with false report.”
“They depended on a second-hand information given to them by Ayo Fayose. There is hardly any organization where you will not have two or three persons with differences and issues to resolve but when the foundation is destroyed, the righteous become incapacitated.”
“The video is there, Fayose invited them that this was what Olujimi said. I have the video, I have watched it. But Olujimi did not say what Fayose said she said. A great majority of PDP members and electorate are rooting for Olujimi and by God’s grace, she will win the Ekiti South senatorial election.”