Adeyeye, others kick as Fayose’s deputy emerges PDP gov candidate

Kamarudeen Ogundele , Ado Ekiti
The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof . Kolapo Olusola, has emerged as the consensus candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2018 governorship election .
Olusola emerged from the list of strong contenders for the governorship ticket as the “ most preferred candidate ” at a meeting held on Wednesday by party bigwigs in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital .
The meeting was attended by serving and former members of the PDP State Working Committee, members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, chieftains of the party from the 16 local government areas and 177 wards as well as the chairmen and members of state’ s boards and parastatals among others.
The endorsement has , however , been condemned by other aspirants in the party .
The Publicity Secretary of the National Caretaker Committee of the PDP , Mr . Dayo Adeyeye ; the immediate past state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice , Owoseni Ajayi; and a former Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada, Dare Bejide , described the process that produced Olusola as illegal .
Olusola, an indigene of Ikere Ekiti, which is the second largest town in Ekiti, was adopted before the commencement of a retreat organised for members to sensitise them ahead of the 2018 election .
The adoption of the deputy governor , who is a professor of Building Technology from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State , was the major decision reached at the party stakeholders ’ meeting.