Senator 2023? Nigerian Governor’s Wife Speaks on Senatorial Ambition
- The First Lady of Ekiti state, Bisi Fayemi, has reacted to reports that she is nursing a senatorial ambition in the 2023 general elections
- Governor Kayode Fayemi's wife said she has never spoken to anyone about an ambition to run for any position in the forthcoming poll
- Mrs. Fayemi made the statement in reaction to posters of her vying for the Ekiti North Senatorial seat under APC
Erelu Bisi Fayemi, the wife of the governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi has opened up on resurfaced posters of her vying for the Ekiti North Senatorial seat under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Premium Times reports that the first lady debunked claims of nursing a senatorial ambition sayong she has never spoken to anyone about running for any position in 2023 on Friday, January 28.
Source: Twitter
She described the emergence of posters as mischief by those who believed that the senatorial seat is a reward for backing the newly elected APC governorship candidate, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji.
In a statement signed by the first lady, she has no interest whatsoever in contesting for a Senatorial seat, adding that she have never discussed it with anyone, The Guardian added.
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According to Fayemi's wife, her sole agenda in Ekiti state is to support my husband and to ensure that he finishes his second term well in October.
Fayose’s anointed candidate Bisi Kolawole wins Ekiti PDP governorship primary
Legit.ng previously reported that Bisi Kolawole has been elected as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti state.
The primary election took place in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, January 26. Kolawole edged out Segun Oni, an ex-governor, and Kolapo Olusola, a former deputy governor of the state to emerge as PDP's flagbearer.
Kolawole had resigned his position as Ekiti PDP chairman to contest the governorship election.
Ekiti 2022: Groups reveal which political party would win governorship election
Some groups have said that the PDP cannot win the Ekiti governorship election scheduled to take place on June 18, 2022.
The groups also said that the Iyorchia Ayu-led PDP national working committee is already jinxed and cannot defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
In a statement released on Friday, January 28, the Ekiti Political Intervention Coalition, a group concerned delegates and party members and seen by Legit.ng, the groups said the winner of the PDP primary election is a makeshift candidate planted by the Ekiti former governor, Ayodele Fayose.
Source: Legit.ng
