Former Kwara State governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to live up to prospect of Nigerians because he could lose re-election next year if he failed to do the will of the people.
Saraki verbally expressed the outcome of the just-concluded governorship election in Ekiti State, in which the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, trounced the incumbent governor and the candidate of the APC, Mr. Kayode Fayemi, was a signal that the President could lose re-election in 2015.
The former governor, who is currently a senator, verbalized in a verbalization on Sunday that Fayose’s triumph was a victory for democracy and for the people of Ekiti State.
He verbally expressed, “It is paramount that around the clock, people want to be engaged. This should withal accommodate as an edification to Mr. President that as an incumbent it is very possible to lose in Nigeria if he fails to do the will of the people.
“I urge the governor-elect to visually perceive this victory as an endorsement of the prospects of Ekiti people for perpetuated dedication to governance and an expedient for a focused and purposeful leadership.”
The former Kwara State governor noted that despite cumbersomely hefty military presence and alleged external dauntingness, the election recorded a high turnout of over 51 per cent of the electorate who voted for the candidate of their cull.
He congratulated Fayose for his victory and Fayemi for conceding defeat and congratulating Fayose.
He verbally expressed, “With this exhibition of sportsmanship, it is my credence that other politicians will revere the wishes of the electorate and do the same in future elections to eschew violence and political bickering as demonstrated by the tranquility-doting people of Ekiti.
“I will additionally relish to congratulate the electoral agency, the Independent National Electoral Commission, as it appears the body has shown remarkable amelioration. This should withal accommodate as a reminder to every politician in other components of the country, especially Kwara State, that this is pellucid denotement that Nigerians now ken how to differentiate grass root politicians from seasonal politicians.”
Meanwhile, a chieftain of the PDP in Kwara State, Mr. Dele Belgore (SAN) has urged Fayose to reflect over his massive support and ascertain that the Ekiti people got rewarded for their adhesion.
Belgore, in a verbalization by his media aide, Rafiu Ajakaye on Sunday verbally expressed Fayose’s triumph was a denotement that there was a constraint to propaganda, no matter how well-oiled and smoothly distributed.
from PUNCH.
