Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has distanced himself
from reports that he rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s consensus
arrangement with governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the
party’s national convention.
Fayemi insisted that he was misrepresented, adding that he
does not indulge in frivolities.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode,
the Governor said his presentation at a recent event had nothing to do with
APC.
Fayemi said his presentation was about democracy in West
African countries like Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso and not about his party’s
convention.
The statement reads partly: “The general public is hereby
notified that a news story in circulation with the above headline is a
misrepresentation of the views of the Governor of Ekiti State, Fayemi.
“Fayemi at a policy dialogue organised by the Centre for
Democracy and Development in Abuja on Thursday, was quoted as rejecting the
consensus arrangement President Mohammed Buhari reached with the Governors
ahead of the party’s convention.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Fayemi in response to a
question from the audience accusing the President of imposing a Chairman on the
party at the forthcoming convention, stated that the President’s priority was
the unity of the party and he didn’t know about the President endorsing any
candidate for Chairman.”
APC will on Saturday conduct its national convention in
Abuja.
It’s believed that Buhari and the party’s governors have
agreed to fill up the party’s positions through consensus during the convention.
Similarly, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has disclosed
that most of the candidates for the APC National Convention will emerge by
consensus.
Lawan said APC was already reaching consensus in picking the
candidates.
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