The governor-elect of ย Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has described his victoryย in Saturdayโs governorship election as one โ ย for reclaiming the land and restoring Ekiti values.โ
Fayemi spoke on Sunday while addressing the newsmen in Isan-Ekiti ย shortly after he was declared the winner of the governorship election.
He said: โ The victory of this election, I believe, is for ย ย reclaiming ย ย the land and restoring the values of our people.
โOur values in Ekiti are respect for our leaders, commitment to our people, non brigandage, nor ย criminality and so on.
โ This victory is a victory for all, it is not a victory for only Gov. ย Kayodeย Fayemi, it is a victory for all the Ekiti people.โโ
Fayemi also described his victory as ย significant to ย the future of democracy in Nigeria.
โThis was just not an Ekiti election, I want people to understand that this election has a lot of significance ย to the future of democracy in
โ The fact that we have witnessed a free, fair and transparent election process ย has huge importance for similar exercises ย like Osun State next door toย us and eventually the national elections in February 2019,โ he said.
Theย governor-electย thanked all the APC leaders, including President Muhammadu Buhari, National Leader of the APC, ย Sen. Bola Tinubu, former governor ofย Ogun, ย Chief Segun Osoba, former interim Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande,ย as well asย party leaders in the state.
He also thanked his family members, especially his wife, Bisi,ย for their support ย during the election campaign.
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