Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has officially declared his presidential ambition regardless of the advise of Pa Ayo Adebanjo to all Southern aspirants.
The governor made his interest to contest for the office of the President in the 2023 elections known at the Hilton Hotel, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
Fayemi stated that he will be contesting for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket in the May 30, 2022 primaries.
Top on his priorities if he emerges president he said, is to restructure the Armed Forces to tackle insecurity in the county.
The presidential hopeful promised to build on the infrastructural successes of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) disclosed that his aspiration was premised on fostering trust and building bridges to carry Nigeria into a new dawn.
He added that he will pursue decentralisation for better governance and promote peace and unity among the regions in the country.
Dignitaries at the event include his wife Erelu Bisi Fayemi, APC Governorship candidate in Ekiti, Biodun Oyebanji; a former governor of Ogun State and presidential aspirant, Senator Ibikunle Amosun; former Senate President, Ameh Ebute; former Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; members of the state and National Assembly and traditional rulers.
Some of the existing contenders for the APC ticket from the South West are Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
With this number of aspirants under one party and more likely to emerge, it is obvious that the advise given to politicians from the south by Pa Ayo Adebanjo was well timed and relevant.
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