Ekiti 2018: Olujimi drops for Adeyeye

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Ariwodola Idowu/Funmilayo Okunade
Ado Ekiti, May 8, 2018 (NAN) One of the contenders for the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti, Sen. Abiodun Olujimi, has withdrawn from the race.
Announcing the withdrawal at 2.15 p.m., shortly before the commencement of the party’s governorship primary election on Tuesday in Ado Ekiti, she said that she had stepped down for another contender, Mr Adedayo Adeyeye.
Olujimi, who is Deputy Minority Whip at the Senate, said she had collapsed her structure in support of Adeyeye “for the progress of the party’’.
She said “for the benefit of our party, I offer myself as a
sacrificial lamb to make our party great.
“I am collapsing my structure to brighten the chances of Dayo Adeyeye and make sure no single aspirant has undue advantage over others.
“The state governor once said his deputy was his anointed, and that nobody could stand against him; it was the two of us, me and Adeyeye, that had the courage that came out to challenge him.
“I don’t want a situation whereby a single person will have an undue advantage over others, and that was why I took that decision. We will now wait and see what the result will be.’’
Olujimi was a deputy governor between December, 2005 and October, 2006 to Ayo Fayose during his first tenure as governor. (NAN)
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Edited by Remi Koleoso and Olisa Ifeajika