How Fayose Lost Ekiti
Vanguard News How Fayose lost Ekiti Emmanuel Okogba Emmanuel Okogba 4 hours ago After winning the 2014 round in the duel between the two men, it was the turn of the outgoing governor of Ekiti State to lose what was a battle of ego between the former political collaborators turned foes. Ayodele Fayose By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor The declaration of the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Dr. Kayode Fayemi as the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election was reflective of the cyclic turn of the governorship of the state since the advent of the Fourth Republic. Since the Alliance for Democracy, AD first won the governorship of the state in 1999; no particular political party had won re-election in a governorship contest. The AD was ousted in 2003 by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s Mr. Ayodele Fayose who benefited from the blitzkrieg of the PDP through the Southwest that year. Fayose did not survive the turmoil of office and was ousted in an impeachment exercise that w...