- By TopNews
The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the June 20 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, Dr Wole Oluyede has declared that he left his personal interest for the overall interest of Ekiti which made him to withdraw the petition at the tribunal.
Oluyede stated this at a live interview conducted by the 24 hours Radio/ TV at Dalimore, Ado Ekiti anchored by a broadcast Journalist, Bayo Famoroti.
While answering questions on the election, his withdrawal at the election petition Tribunal today and his resolve to support the reelection of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu noted that he withdrew the petition at the tribunal based on the intervention of his immediate family and other well meaning Nigerians.
“I withdrew the petition at the tribunal and it was struck out today. I withdrew it based on the intervention of my family, my brother, the progressive caucus and president Bola Ahmed Tinubu”.
“I thank God we didn’t lose a soul in the course of the election, nobody was shot, maimed or killed and I am happy about that. People have to understand that life goes beyond politics”. he stated.
He noted that though, there were flops in the election but he had to let it go which formed the basis for withdrawing the case.
On his support for the reelection of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, he emphatically stated that the performance of the President has propelled him to support him despite their long relationship which dated back to when he was in the All Progressive Congress and being one of the major financials of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju- SWAGA
“No more fuel scarcity, kidnapping, there is increase in Gross Domestic Product which is buttressed by the World Bank. The question now is, how do we tap from the ongoing development as Ekiti people ? This forms the basis of my political group, Oluyede Progressive Alliance for Renewed Hope Agenda – OPARHA ?
He asserted that the President invited him to support his candidature and maintained that he was not aware of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.
He informed that he was targeting over ninety percent of the total votes from Ekiti in collaboration with the Governor, Biodun Oyebanji and other critical stakeholders.
“Let me assure you that though, the President invited me, we discussed and he asked me to support his reelection and we didn’t discuss anything about what he wants to offer me but I am supporting him base on Ekiti interest and I am too expensive to buy”.
The medical consultant however advised when asked about the health sector. ” I am interested in the Universal Health Program that will take care of the health of virtually everybody in Ekiti and it will not be totally free which is different from the health insurance”.
Oluyede used the occasion to thank and appreciate the people of Ekiti for the show of love and support during the June 20 gubernatorial election and urged them to maintain the tempo in the future elections.
