Governor elect of Ekiti State Kayode Fayemi
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, says the election of Dr Kayode Fayemi in Saturday’s gubernatorial poll was a victory for the people.
Tinubu made the declaration in a congratulatory message to Fayemi, the APC candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti state.
In a statement signed on Sunday by his media officer, Tunde Rahman, Tinubu urged Fayemi to avoid recriminations and run an all-inclusive government.
“In Ekiti, a chapter has closed and a new one has begun. This was not done by contrivance or artifice, nor was it the product of intimidation or improper influence.
“This came about because it was the will of the people of Ekiti as expressed and manifested in the conduct of a free and fair election in that state. In voting as they did, the people thus voted for themselves.
“Here, we must congratulate Dr Kayode Fayemi and our party, the APC, for the successful campaign that was run and for the confidence the people of Ekiti have shown in transferring the mandate to govern them into our hands.
“Dr Fayemi must keep in remembrance that the people have placed their future in his safekeeping and he must justify their trust in him by doing all he can do to advance their welfare.
“I’m confident that Fayemi will keep faith with the programmes and policies of our party in order to improve the lives of the people of Ekiti.”