The wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu
Bisi Fayemi, has said that events unfolding after the June 21
governorship election in the state suggest that the election was
manipulated from ‘‘source.’’
In due course, she said that the full
story of how the election was allegedly manipulated against Governor
Kayode Fayemi would be revealed.
The theme of her address was “Women yesterday, today and tomorrow – the Ekiti experience.”
On the occasion, Governor Fayemi; a legal
practitioner, Mrs. Funmi Falana; and the immediate past state President
of the National Council of Women’s Societies, Mrs. Nike Obatayo, were
given awards for their exemplary contributions to women rights and
empowerment.
According to the governor’s wife, many
armchair analysts and commentators have opined that the electorate
embraced patronage, popularly known as ‘stomach infrastructure’ as
opposed to sustainable development during the last elections.
She said, “I would like to state that we
have not heard the last about the election. Two weeks after the
immediate confusion and hysteria of the June 21 election, a picture has
begun to emerge.
“This will, hopefully, reframe the debates emanating from and about Ekiti and the choices they allegedly made on that day.
“In due course, the full and real story
of how the Ekiti election of June 21 was manipulated from source will be
revealed. There are many implications for Ekiti people having voted the
way they supposedly did.”
She said that one of the
implications, as it concerns women, was that all policies, laws and
structures put in place over the past three years to protect them
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