A former Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly,
Femi Bamisile, has said that the All Progressives
Congress won’t rely on federal might to defeat
Governor Ayodele Fayose in 2018 governorship poll.

Bamisile, who has declared his intention for the
governorship seat, said the party would embark on
serious and widespread mobilisation to woo
electorate.

He spoke on Friday during a courtesy call by his
campaign team on the APC’s State Working
Committee.

Bamisile said, “We are not going to rely on President
Muhammadu Buhari or federal might to win the
coming governorship election. We have the capacity
to defeat Fayose on our own.

“In the June 21, 2014 governorship election, we lost
to the PDP by a margin of over 80,000 votes. But in
the presidential election, it reduced to about 50,000
despite that Fayose did not allow some of our
members to campaign.

“With this, it was evident that the APC in Ekiti is very
strong. I want to assure our leaders that we will win
the next election convincingly. But we have to work
seriously for it so that we won’t disappoint President
Buhari.”

Bamisile stated that he had started monthly
distribution of free petrol to commercial
motorcyclists operating in the state, adding that
other critical voting population would enjoy similar
gesture soon.

The State APC Chairman, Chief Jide Awe, represented
by his deputy, Mrs. Kemi Olajide, and a leader of the
party, Chief George Ojo, praised Bamisile for coming
out at a critical time to give the party a strong voice.
Awe urged him to shun violence or any campaign of
calumny in his aspiration.

He assured that the party will give all the aspirants a
level-playing ground and won’t impose anybody on
them.