Six members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Ekiti House of Assembly defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday just as the governor, Kayode Fayemi was leaving office.
They are Adeojo Ayodele (Ekiti South West II Constituency), Olowo Ajiboye (Oye II), Adeloye Adeyinka (Ikole I), Abeni Olayinka (Ado II), Fatunba Olajide (Moba II), and Olugbemi Joseph (Ikole II).
Until now, the APC had 25 of 26 members in the House while PDP had only one.
Fayemi, who is also a member of the APC, left office following the expiration of his four-year tenure.
The defection of the lawmakers, who were called to the podium, was announced as the new governor, Ayo Fayose was being sworn in.
The new governor who wore a simple native attire white Dansiki with a cap to match, arrived Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, venue of the inauguration ceremony along his wife,Feyisetan with old Mercedes Benz 200 W110 1961-68 model, said he would bring everybody along in the project of developing the state.
In the well attended ceremony which took place at the popular Oluyemi Kayode Stadium,Ado Ekiti yesterday was witnessed by the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Adamu Muazu along with no fewer than 16 PDP state governors, Fayose promised to restore the dignity of the state and continue with the people oriented programmes which he started in 2003
He promised to anchor his developmental strides with the promotion of five cardinal programmes,which he listed as follows :empowerment,agriculture,infrastructural development, education,science and technology,health and security
He said he arrived at this through a wide consultations with the people in their various communities.
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