MOB surrenders, Cancels decision of going to Court

 

One of the APC Governorship aspirants and Senator representing Ekiti Central Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, has said that he will not embark on legal action to challenge the outcome of the primaries that produced the party’s candidate, Hon. Biodun Oyebanji, in the overall interest for unity and internal cohesion.

Senator Bamidele  noted that although he still harbours resentment against the January 27 primary, which he described as a flagrant abrasion of democracy but that he will not defect from APC, despite the electoral malpractice.

Bamidele, had shortly after the primary threatened to challenge the primary that produced former Secretary to the State Government as the party’s flag bearer  alleging that it was manipulated by Governor Abubakar Badaru-led APC committee.

In a statement made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti, , Bamidele said he recanted on his earlier position after critical stakeholders had intervened and appealed to him to sheathe his sword.

” The other is to make it crystal clear to everyone that both my supporters and I will not defect from APC. Details of the reasons which informed these choices will be communicated at a later date when my supporters and I address Ekiti people and Nigerians at large. It is not just about me.

“It is about the unity and progress of Ekiti State and her politically undermined and economically afflicted people. It is also about ensuring that the ground is not prepared for reactionary beneficiaries to take advantage of seeming lack of capacity to manage our affairs as a ruling party in the State.

“I also must coordinate and lead my own aspect of this popular struggle in a way to ensure that my supporters and stakeholders who had been isolated from the mainstream of the party become relevant again, for anything short of that can only be a highway to nowhere.

“We have all contributed so much to building this party in Ekiti State and the management as well as its decision making process cannot be an exclusive preserve of a few.

“That is the new reality that those in control, including our national leadership must accept or it becomes a popular subject matter of a struggle around which a popular movement must be built.

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