The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has debunked claims that former Governor Kayode Fayemi is plotting to destabilise the celebration or poach members by way of secret conferences.
The celebration’s State Publicity Secretary, Segun Dipe, issued an announcement on Sunday, July 20, dismissing the hearsay as baseless and the work of mischief-makers.
“We are not perturbed. We are now in a season of propaganda, characterised by spewing of lies and telling half-truths to confuse the people,” Dipe stated.
“Any busybody who yearns to know what is happening in our party is free to contact me as the spokesperson of the party and they would be reliably informed, rather than looking for gutter gists,” he added.
Dipe was responding to studies that Governor Biodun Oyebanji and APC leaders had rejected a stakeholders’ assembly allegedly convened by Fayemi to courtroom members of the African Democratic Congress.
He rejected the thought totally, saying the APC in Ekiti stays sturdy and centered on profitable the subsequent governorship election, aiming to interrupt the report of manufacturing a governor who will serve two consecutive phrases.
He attributed the story to outdoors forces trying to sow discord.
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“Anything to the contrary is not emanating from within our party but being manufactured by some external forces,” Dipe stated.
All leaders within the celebration, together with Fayemi, are backing Governor Oyebanji’s second time period bid,” Dipe stated, including that Fayemi wouldn’t destroy the celebration he helped construct.
If the previous governor was certainly convening any conferences, Dipe stated it will be in help of the celebration’s targets.
He additionally stated the APC welcomes {groups} endorsing President Bola Tinubu and Governor Oyebanji, so long as it helps consolidate the celebration’s grip on energy.
“We are not gamblers. We are a focused party,” he stated.
Dipe concluded with a warning to these spreading misinformation: “Busy bodies and interlopers can’t derail us. We’re not worried about what other parties are doing. Our focus is on delivering victory again.”
