Tag Archives: Kolapo Olusola-Eleka

Ekiti Poll: Declare me now as the duly elected Governor of Ekiti State, PDP candidate tells tribunal

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti state, Olusola Kolapo, has urged the state election petition tribunal to declare him as the duly elected governor of the state. Kolapo, who is the immediate past deputy governor of the state, stated this on Thursday while testifying before the tribunal sitting at the FCT High ...

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You are just wasting your time, no victory for you at the tribunal, Fayemi’s Campaign Chief tells Olusola

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Bamidele Faparusi, has described the recently filed petition of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Governorship candidate, in the July 14 election, kolapo Olusola, at the Tribunal, as an exercise in futility. Politico.ng reports that Olusola filed his petition on Friday against the winner, Kayode Fayemi, calling for the nullification of the exercise, The Deputy ...

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Ekiti poll: Eleka files 700-page petition

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the July 14 election in Ekiti, Kolapo Olusola-Eleka late on Friday filed a 700-page petition before the Election Tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti. The candidate along with his running mate, Deji Ogunsakin and a member of his legal team, Ola Olanipekun, (SAN) and scores of others, arrived the state high ...

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Ekiti governorship election results is a ‘day light robbery’ – PDP

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election results as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Politico.ng reports that INEC had declared Kayode Fayemi, a former Minister of Mines and Steel Development and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the election with 197,459 votes. According to the result declared by Idowu ...

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Your emergence as Ekiti Governor shows that your people believed in you, Obasanjo lauds Fayemi

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has written to the Ekiti State Governor-elect, Kayode Fayemi, congratulating him on his victory in Saturday’s governorship election in the state. “Indeed, your success at the polls after a hard fought campaign is proof that the people of Ekiti State value your leadership and appreciate the efforts you have made thus far on their behalf,” Obasanjo ...

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Your emergence as Ekiti Governor shows that your people believed in you, Obasanjo lauds Fayemi

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has written to the Ekiti State Governor-elect, Kayode Fayemi, congratulating him on his victory in Saturday’s governorship election in the state. “Indeed, your success at the polls after a hard fought campaign is proof that the people of Ekiti State value your leadership and appreciate the efforts you have made thus far on their behalf,” Obasanjo ...

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#EkitiDecides2018: PDP, APC react to INEC’s pronouncement

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ekiti state chapter has given an initial reaction to the victory of Kayode Fayemi in Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Fayemi victorious on Sunday morning. The former minister won in 12 of the 16 local governments in the state. When contacted for his reaction to Fayemi’s victory, ...

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Ekiti poll : Why I rejected APC leaders’ plan to make me trade away Olusola – Fayose

Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has revealed that pressure was mounted on him by chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to trade away the ticket given to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), candidate, Kolapo Olusola and support Kayode Fayemi of the APC in the July 14 governorship poll in the state. Fayose, who stated this during an interview on state ...

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Ekiti 2018: My deputy’s governorship ambition is divine, says Fayose

Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose has said the choice of his deputy, Kolapo Olusola, as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate was divine. The governor made this known on Tuesday when the Muslim Community in the state held a gathering to appreciate the appointment of one of them, Kazeem Ogunsakin, as the deputy governorship candidate of the PDP. In a statement ...

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PDP will embarrass APC with votes in Ekiti, Ogunsakin boasts

The Peoples Democratic Party’s running mate for the Ekiti governorship election, Abdulkazeem Ogunsakin has said the party will humiliate the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the July 14th poll. Ogunsakin said this at a rally organized for both himself and Eleka by the Ekiti Muslim community in appreciation to Governor Ayo Fayose for endorsing a Muslim as Deputy Governorship candidate ...

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