Bamidele and five others were
shot by a policeman who mishandled his rifle during a mob action in the midst
of the crowd.
This was just as Fayemi
inaugurated his Ekiti State campaign council that will work with that of the
national, led by Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu that had earlier
been inaugurated by the National Chairman of the Party, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun for the success of the party in the July 14 poll.
Speaking after inaugurating the
council in Ado Ekiti, Fayemi refuted the allegation that Bamidele has been
flown to London for medicare, describing the media report as false and unfounded.
“Hon Bamidele has not been flown
abroad, he is still in Lagos. I was with him till 1am today (Sunday). He is
recuperating here in Nigeria and if there is need to take him abroad, we will
tell the public.
“But let me state here that we
are still retaining his position as the Director General of this Council,
because he had already accepted to be DG of this council before that incident”.
The candidate said the National
body of the party will flag off the campaign in Ekiti on June 19 while the
grand finale that will be led by President Muhammadu Buhari will hold July 10.
He said the his campaign will
official takes off today in Ekiti East local Government, appealing to members
to begin aggressive house-to-house campaign for the party’s acceptability to
grain more traction among the electorate.
“Let me state here that the
shooting incident should not be seen as a pointer to what will happen on July
14 election. We are committed to peaceful election and the security has assured
us that they will be alive to their responsibilities.
“The intelligence report we got
that the PDP was plotting to cause violence of various forms in every part of
the state has been shared with security agencies and they are working on it.”
Fayemi said the party has been
receiving deluge of defections from the PDP in recent time, saying those that
will join the APC in one week time will shock the state.
“We are happy that every
contestant , I mean the governorship aspirants are contributing to our
campaign, so APC is intact and united. They are all eager to work for the victory
of our party in
this election.
“Unlike PDP that is disunited.
You could see that Prince Dayo Adeyeye has formally joined us. Others will be
joining us one after the other and before the election, Governor Ayodele Fayose
will be alone,” he said .
Fayemi charged members of the
committee not to segregate or discriminate against each other, urging them to
work together for the victory of the party.
The State Chairman of the party,
Chief Jide Awe, said the campaign was decentralized to give more leverage for
those at the units, wards and local governments to be able to work in the
grassroots where the bulk of the voters are domiciled.
Awe urged them to be vigilant and
eschew undue discrimination as they perform the task for the party to be able
to win the election.
Members of the campaign council
are: Hon Bamidele(Director General), Otunba Niyi Adebayo(Finance) Hon Femi
Bamsile(Mobilisation Committee), Mrs Bisi Fayemi(Women Committee), Hon Wunmi
Ogunlola(Welfare and Protocol), Hon Biodun Fasakin(Legal Committee), Mr Alaba
Abejide( Contact), Dr Bayo Orire(Health), Femi Ogundare(Youth), Group Capt.
Ropo Ayegbusi (Security) and Chief Awe( Special Purpose).
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