National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Sunday said the election of Dr. Kayode Fayemi in Saturday’s gubernatorial poll was a victory for the people.
Tinubu made the declaration in a congratulatory message to Fayemi, the APC Candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State.
In a statement signed by his media officer, Mr. Tunde Rahman, entitled – “Ekiti Election: A Victory for the People”,
Tinubu urged Fayemi to avoid recriminations and run an all-inclusive government.
Tinubu urged Fayemi to avoid recriminations and run an all-inclusive government.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fayemi won the election after securing 197,459 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Prof. Kalapo Olusola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 178, 121 votes.
”Dr. Fayemi must keep in remembrance that the people have placed their future in his safekeeping and he must justify their trust in him by doing all he can do to advance their welfare.
” I’m confident that Fayemi will keep faith with the programmes and policies of our party in order to improve the lives of the people of Ekiti.
”I know Fayemi will establish an all-inclusive government that involves all stakeholders in his administration and in the governance of the state, ” he said.
Tinubu said that the people of the state had voted to take a path different from the one on which they had been.
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