APC will bounce back in Ekiti, says Rep

Inspite of its loss in the June 21 Ekiti Governorship Election, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Communications, Mr. Oyetunji Ojo, has said the All Progressives Congress was still popular in the state.

 He said the party will recover and emerge stronger from the temporary set back.

The federal lawmaker who represents Ekiti Central Federal Constituency stated this on Sunday after commissioning boreholes, ICT centres among several other projects initiated by him in addition to giving financial assistance for people of Ekiti West, Ijero, and Efon Local Goverments.

Ojo described as lies, recent claims by some chieftains of Peoples Democratic Party, in the state that scores of APC members had been defecting to their party in droves.

He said, “I can tell you without any fear of contradiction that irrespective of what the opposition parties may be saying, our party is still firmly on ground and people will get to know this in not too distant time. All that is happening now is just for a while,” he said.

The Federal lawmaker who is married to Folashade, the first daughter of the APC national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, said contrary to such claims, APC in the state was still intact.

He urged all members of APC across the state not to be bothered by the development, saying efforts should be geared towards winning all other elective offices such as Senatorial, House of Representatives as well as House of Assembly seats in the next year’s general election in the state.

According to him, part of their strategies is to ensure that credible candidates with electoral values are picked, as it is usually the practise with the party.