House of Representatives aspirant and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Sola Olofin, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not make any impact in the 2019 general elections in the state.
According to him, with the PDP’s defeat in the July 14 governorship election, its popularity has waned considerably.
Olofin, an aspirant for the Ado/Irepodun/Ifelodun Federal Constituency seat, added that the defeat suffered by Governor Ayodele Fayose and the party’s governorship candidate, Prof Kolapo Olusola, in the governorship election had made PDP more vulnerable to defeat in 2019.
He also appealed to the APC leadership to consider party loyalty and consistency of aspirants to field candidates for the 2019 state and federal legislative elections to ensure that members become more committed to serve.
Olofin, who spoke in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, said, though over 15 aspirants were gunning for the House of Representatives in Ekiti Central Federal constituency I, he remained the best in terms of loyalty and consistency.
According to him, Fayose no longer posed any threat to APC having suffered defeat in the July 14 election, in spite of his consistent boasts that he remained invincible and indomitable in Ekiti.
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“With the mood in Ekiti now, APC stands a good chance of clinching all the 26 House of Assembly, nine House of Representatives and three Senate seats in Ekiti.
“The PDP has not recovered from the shock of the July 14 governorship election. So, I don’t see it posing any serious challenge provided our party fields popular and acceptable candidates.”
Olofin, an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert, promised to join forces with Fayemi as a governor to upgrade the knowledge of Ekiti youths in ICT through training and exposure to modern computer expertise that would guarantee career progression.
The APC chieftain added that he would also strive hard to attract federal presence to Ekiti in the area of agriculture, where the state had a comparative advantage.
