Why Fayose Supports Fayemi’s Ministerial Nomination

Idowu Adelusi, the chief press secretary to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, has stated that his boss would never allow the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) or any other group to draw him into politics of bitterness.

Daily Post reports that the press secretary gave an interview on Friday, October 9, in Ado-Ekiti.

Reacting to comments by some members of the APC that Fayose had no choice other than to support the ministerial nomination of Kayode Fayemi, Adelusi noted that the era of using petitions to block ministerial appointment is gone.

“I hope people running their mouths are aware of the rule of the Senate that at least two senators from s nominee’s state must support such nominee. But apart from that, the governor’s type of politics is devoid of bitterness.

“Since Governor Ayodele Fayose came into office, by his deeds, he has not discriminated against even people who are his sworn enemies. The man he appointed the Solicitor-General of the state was the man that was used by those in government then to prosecute him over phantom murder charges.

“Whether anybody likes it or not, God has made him the leader of the state now, in spite of the scheming, plots and gang up of some people. When God fights your battle for you, what else do you need to do other than to watch?

“Fayose’s kind of politics is not vengeance as it is being played by Ekiti APC which is very crude. Their own mindset is that if something is not theirs, it cannot be for somebody else and they will try all means possible to destroy it.

“Fayose is starting a new platform of ‎politics without bitterness, that era of using petitions to block ministerial appointment is gone.

“If there is a fellow who should be vengeful, it is Fayose because he is the one political detractors ‎did all they could to destroy. But since God is not part of their evil agenda, Fayose is governor again. I can tell you that if Fayose has not intervened, the Senate will not approve the nomination of Fayemi.

“But we will not give back to them what they gave us, rather we will teach them how politics should be played,” he said.

Earlier this week, Fayose called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the National Assembly to support the candidacy of Fayemi in the Senate when the screening of ministerial nominees starts on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the APC has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the inclusion of the ex-governor of Ekiti state in the ministerial list. According to the party, Fayemi fits into the change agenda espoused by the president.