Ekiti Election: Ex-Governor Kayode Fayemi's 2018 Governorship Posters Flood Ekiti

 

 

Some posters of a former governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who is the current Minister of Mines and Steel Development, have been spotted in Ado-Ekiti and some other towns in the state on Thursday.

 

Although the former governor (October 2010-2014) who lost the June 21, 2014 governorship election to the incumbent, Ayodele Fayose, is yet to declare his intention to contest the July 2018 governorship election, observers say the posters might be a subtle beginning of his campaign.

 

According to PUNCH Newspaper, Fayemi’s posters which were produced and pasted by John Kayode Fayemi Movement (a pressure group supporting the minister), were sighted in Ijigbo, Odo Ado, Okesa, Irona, Ajilosun, Adebayo, Ilawe Road, and Oke Oriomi areas of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

 

The poster has the following inscription, “Happy New Year 2018, JKF Again, Congratulations, this is your year of supernatural transformation.”

 

Speaking on the development on Thursday, the state Coordinator of JKF Movement, Ade Kolade, said the posting of the posters was a gesture from the group to draft the minister into the 2018 governorship race, adding that it was also to create awareness among the electorate on the need to give Fayemi another chance.

 

The JKF boss said the group had held rallies and met with the people at the grassroots on the need “to give Fayemi an opportunity to salvage the state from its current precarious situation.”