Ekiti APC guber election: I wont step down- Bamidele
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let me say that i am on the field in the race and on saturday weare looking forward to getting the ticket by the grace of god hesaid1 a former lagos state commissioner for informationmropeyemi bamidele has vowed not to step down for anyone ahead of saturdays governorship primary election of the all progressives congress apc in ekiti1 he said there was no reason for him to quit when he wasconvinced that he had a good chance of clinchingthe partys ticket1 bamidele stated that with the assurances given by the apc nationalleader bola tinubu and other leaders of the partyat a meetingheld in lagoson friday he had no reason to doubt thecredibility of the process1 he said he expected the party leaders to conduct a free fair and credibleprimary election that would produce a strong candidate capable of defeating the candidate of the ruling peoples democratic party1 it will be tragic for apc to lose after passing throughthis stress so we must do the right thing for us to get the rightresult1 i have traversed all the 177 wards and i am now visiting all the 16local governments in search of delegates1 at 54 if i want to stepdown i wont waste time energy and money moving around. i will noteven pretend in telling the public about it1 bamidele an aspirant made the vow while addressing delegates for the primaries in ado-ekiti describing as laughable the rumour making the rounds that he had stepped down1 counselling the delegates on the choice of candidate they should vote for bamidele saidthey shouldchoosesomeone who has the acceptability and clout to win as well as the knack to organise the party andmake it a formidable force1 apc needs an experienced person and someone with scientificunderstanding of what has gone wrong in ekiti and how to resolve it1 i have been commissioner for over 10 years in executive arm i havebeen amember ofhouse of representatives and i am also a lawyer whichfalls within the judicial arm1 i will not in any way disappoint if given the ticket because i am aloyal party man and i know how to work with everybody to get theuseful result he said1 on the sincerity ofmembers of the chief john oyegun-led national working committee to conduct credible primary election bamidele said i have no reason to doubt their integrity1 all the aspirants had gone through screening and as we were doingthis we were given a copy of delegates list each. we all know whowill vote on saturday1 with this i dont envisage that anyone would try to tamper with thelist or see anyone trying to do accreditation at another locationdifferent from where they will vote which can give opportunity totransport fake delegates to the venue1 the nwc national and zonal leaders as well as the aspirants haveagreed on some pacts and i believe these shall be allowed to prevailin this election1