Fayose’s Ally, Pastor Olayinka, Joins APC, Says Governor’s Dictatorship Destroying Ekiti

An ally of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Pastor Yemi Olayinka, has defected to the leading opposition in the state, All Progressives Congress (APC).

Pastor Olayinka who joined APC at Ado Ekiti Ward 8 said Ekiti is reeling under a one-man dictatorship which has brought governance to a halt and inflicted hardship on the masses with “anti-people policies.”
Speaking with reporters shortly after being admitted into the party (APC), Olayinka described PDP as a “dead party that is already waiting for its final funeral” owing to the autocratic leadership style of Fayose.

The former Special Assistant to the Governor on Youth Matters accused Fayose of deceiving voters in the run-up to the June 21, 2014 governorship election by claiming that he (Fayose) has changed, noting that “Ekiti people have now realized that a leopard cannot change its spot.”

Pastor Olayinka said: “I love PDP so well that I decided that come rain, come sunshine, I will never defect to APC. But when Fayose came, he hijacked the party. He is the State Working Committee, the Commissioners, the Assembly members, to the extent that nobody could have a say.

“He has forgotten so soon that during his misadventure to Labour Party, some of us stayed back in the PDP and prevented it from total collapse. If PDP had died before he came, would he have won the governorship ticket? Today, Fayose has succeeded in killing the party in Ekiti."