Two days after rising because the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) in Ekiti, forward of the 2026 gubernatorial ballot, Wole Oluyede has begun reconciliation strikes with different defeated aspirants.
Day by day Put up studies that Oluyede, alongside along with his marketing campaign managers and state celebration leaders, on Monday met with the one lady aspirant within the race, Mrs Funmilayo Ogun, at her marketing campaign workplace located alongside the favored Ajilosun enterprise district space in Ado-Ekiti.
He showered encomiums and eulogies on her for comporting herself all through the interval the first lasted and for additionally sustaining peace.
He additionally counseled her braveness for calling him on the cellphone to congratulate him after successful the first reasonably than fermenting bother.
“It’s my delight to inform this gathering that Mrs. Ogun has known as to congratulate me, and subsequently, my go to to her marketing campaign workplace in the present day is a option to present that I didn’t take her hand of fellowship with no consideration.
To those that could want to know, politics is about negotiation. Due to this fact, Mrs. Ogun is among the strongest supporters of my trigger.
To me, I didn’t win that main election as a result of I’m good or that I’m a greater aspirant. I’ve by no means seen myself as higher than others. The one distinction is that it is just God that installs kings. All aspirants, particularly Mrs. Ogun, are equally good,” he mentioned.
He described Ogun as a really formidable ally whom he would want and work with in the midst of prosecuting his marketing campaign actions.
“I’m proud to say that with unison, Ekiti will quickly be below the PDP authorities, with me on the driving force’s facet,” he mentioned.
The PDP candidate thanked the celebration’s management on the nationwide and zonal ranges for his or her assist and requested for extra.
Reacting, Ogun mentioned all her actions have been tailor-made towards selling peace within the celebration and that she conceded defeat on the main in order that the PDP might stay a robust, formidable, and indivisible celebration.
“I’ve each reality to institute motion and rent attorneys, however I made a decision to look the opposite method as a result of that won’t be adequate for the fortunes of our celebration.
My determination alongside that line could not go down properly with those that liked and labored tirelessly with me, however it’s one painful determination I wanted to take to maintain the celebration collectively, regardless of sure noticed irregularities.
Apart from, it’s a recognized reality that each individual within the celebration can’t be a governor on the identical time, just one individual can all the time be at a specific time limit.
I can boldly say that in Ekiti, the PDP is alive, shifting ahead, and goes to win the approaching gubernatorial election,” Ogun mentioned.
