Ekiti Election, A Signpost To 2019 Polls – Ekere

The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere, has described the peaceful, free and fair gubernatorial election in Ekiti State as a signpost to what is to come in the 2019 general elections in the country.

In a congratulatory message to the Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Ekere said the election was not significant to Ekiti State alone but to the whole country because of its credibility and direction to the voting pattern in 2019.

He congratulated Fayemi on his election, pointing out that his victory signified a return to peace, civility, decorum, progress and development in Ekiti State.

Ekere thanked Ekiti people for making a loud statement through their votes their decision to join the progressive train moving across the country.

He expressed delight that with the victory of APC in Ekiti State, the six states in the South-West zone were now completely in the camp of the ruling party and appealed to voters in the zone to stick with the APC in the 2019 elections.

Ekere urged the Governor-elect to be magnanimous in victory and lauded outgoing Governor Ayodele Fayose and the Gubernatorial Candidate of the defeated Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Kolapo Olusola, for putting up a good fight.

He commended President Muhammadu Buhari, the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the Chairman of the APC Gubernatorial Campaign Council for Ekiti State, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other APC leaders for their contributions to the party’s victory.

Ekere said the Ekiti election had clearly indicated that APC was certain to sweep the 2019 elections in the country despite the gang-up against the party which he described as deeply unpopular and ill-fated.

The NDDC boss expressed the belief that, of the nine states of the Niger Delta region, the six still under opposition control would take a cue from Edo, Imo and Ondo, the three Niger Delta states already governed by APC, by aligning with the ruling party in the 2019 elections.

He commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies, the political class and the Ekiti electorate for joining hands to ensure a credible gubernatorial election in the state and deepen democracy in the country.

CREDIT: INEMESIT INA, UYO