I didn't want to be Ekiti governor in 2007- Fayemi

The governor of Ekiti state has disclosed that he never wanted to be the governor of the state in 2007 but was forced to contest.
He made the disclosure in an interview with a leading National newspaper.
Hear Him:

I did not seek for election in 2007, as you put it. I wasn’t even in politics in the partisan sense of politics. I was prevailed upon to run. There is no one in politics at that time that would say that I was one of those running around wanting to be governor. I did not set out to be governor which in the true sense of it, is a duty and not an ambition.

So, I was not ambitious. I was not interested but I was eventually convinced of the necessity to put my hat into the ring at the time.

So, if you want me to answer your question properly, this is actually the first time I am running on the strength of my own conviction that I want to be governor in Ekiti State. So, you could call me an accidental governor. But then, that accident quickly stopped at the time I really became active in the race.

Fayemi is a trouble maker- LP

The leadership of the Labour Party in Ekiti State, has accused  Governor  Kayode Fayemi of causing crisis in the state
The National Chairman of the party, Chief  Dan Iwuanyanwu, said this in Ado Ekiti, yesterday, during inauguration of  the Interim State Working Committee of the party, noting that Fayemi  was responsible  for the pasting of  the posters of  Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele,  with  the logo of Social Democratic Party, SDP.

The poster of Opeyemi flooded Ado Ekiti, with an impression that he had dumped LP for the SDP.
The party, LP also warned Fayemi to stop expending state’s resources on frivolities , alleging that the governor had been employing divisive method to rip the state apart in efforts to perpetuate himself in office.

On Bamidele’s posters that flooded Ado Ekiti with the inscription,  ‘We have finally traced our root,” Iwuanyanwu, who was represented by his Deputy, Joseph Akinlaja, said the action was targeted at causing confusion in LP and creating the impression that the party is flouting the Electoral Act.

But the All Progressives Congress'   Director of Media, Mr. Segun Dipe,  described the allegation as misdirected, saying  the ruling party cannot be pasting posters for Bamidele, an arch-enemy of the APC.

He said: “APC  will not popularise Bamidele’s inordinate ambition by associating him with any party.
"We are more focused  and we are getting our members ready for registration  that will start soon and that is where our focus is and not on any frivolous issue.”