Governor Ayodele Fayose
congratulates Chief Ademola Adeleke on his victory in the Saturday bye-election
recent. Fayose says Adeleke's victory showed that Ademola's elder brother's
death was not in vain. The Ekiti state governor urged the Ademola to see his
victory as a call to service The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Governors' Forum, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has congratulated
Chief Ademola Adeleke on his victory in Saturday's bye-election in Osun West
Senatorial District. Fayose in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Monday through his
Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, said the victory showed that Ademola's
elder brother, Isiaka, whose death led to the bye-election, did not die in
vain. NAIJ.com recalls that Adeleke won in 10 out of the 11 local government
areas in Osun West senatorial district, defeating his APC opponent, Mudashiru
Hussein, with a total of 97, 280 votes.
The governor noted that Isiaka would
be happy wherever he is, urging Ademola to see the victory as a call to
service. "This victory is an invitation and a call to serve your state,
Nigeria and mankind. After election, what should come next is how to bring
dividends of democracy to the people. How to continue with the legacy of the
Adeleke family which accounted for the love displayed by the people for you and
which translated to the electoral victory. "You are responsible to all
your constituents without discrimination of any sort. Having been born to a
family of great politicians, with your father serving as a senator in the
Second Republic, your elder brother being a former governor and senator, no
doubt you must have undergone political tutelage that you should put to
practice to excel in your new calling," he said.
Fayose also commended Osun State
Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, for being an epitome of democracy by conceding
defeat, a quality Fayose said was rare among many politicians. "If it were
some politicians that we know, they will still be licking their wounds three
years after being woefully beaten in an election," he stated. The governor
also lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for being
transparent and urged that such should be the case in future elections in the
country. He also commended security agencies for ensuring that there was no breakdown
of law and order during the exercise.
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