THE senator representing Ekiti West Senatorial District and the Deputy Senate Minority Whip, Senator Abiodun Olujimi, speaking with newsmen after the submission of her nomination form for Ekiti governorship election in Abuja on Friday declared that she would not be cowed by the antics of the state governor, Dr Ayodele Fayose, to backtrack on her avowed mission of contesting on the platform of the party and be the next governor of the state.
Olujinmi who was a one time Deputy Governor in the State maintained that she would not be forced out of the party because of alleged intimidation and constant harassment by Governor Fayose because of her ambition of being the next governor of the state.
According to her, “all aspirants are being intimidated but I can’t be intimidated at all. Many of our people have decamped because of what they are going through. The governor was biased, the party in the state was biased
“All other deputy governors aspiring for the position have left because of high handedness because they are being harassed, because they are being intimidated. I can’t leave the party because of anybody, I can’t go to any other party. The SDP is just a gimmick for the PDP to lose focus,”
The aspirant who said that she did not have any issue with neither Fayose whose term was about expiring, nor his deputy who he has anointed pointed out that she welcomed the deputy governor ” who is new in the party into the race” but stressed that her experience in Ekiti politics as a former commissioner and deputy governor would see through the race.
“I know the terrain of Ekiti politics, I know where Ekiti people are coming from, I know where they are going. I know what they want and am ready to give it to them. I have done a lot for them in the past, I have been there for quite a number of them, I have impacted positively on the people of Ekiti. If there is a level playing ground, I know I will emerge as PDP candidate in May 8, 2018.”
She promised to use her links at the federal level to bring better development to Ekiti if she was given the mandate to serve in the July election. She said she will put education on a better pedestal, kickstart employment opportunity scheme, create an avenue for jobs, empower the youth and let every segment of the state have a sense of belonging.
The party primary was slated for May 8th and the general election July 14th, 2018.
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