{"id":31824,"date":"2014-10-07T15:33:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T14:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31824"},"modified":"2014-10-07T15:33:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T14:33:12","slug":"ekiti-adeyeye-calls-peaceful-transition-says-ekiti-greater-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ekiti-adeyeye-calls-peaceful-transition-says-ekiti-greater-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekiti: Adeyeye calls for peaceful transition, Says; &#8220;Ekiti is greater than anyone&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Minister of State for Works, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, has called on all<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">stakeholders to desist from any action capable of disrupting the peaceful<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">transition of power from the incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi to the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Governor-Elect, Ayodele Fayose, saying; &#8220;Ekiti is greater than the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">interests of any individual or group.&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Minister, who said nothing can prevent Fayose from assuming office as<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ekiti State Governor on October 16, 2014, added that; &#8220;Since Ekiti people<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">have overwhelmingly expressed their preference for the Peoples Democratic<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Party (PDP) and Fayose, what should concern all right thinking<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">stakeholders in Ekiti is the peaceful transition of power from the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">incumbent governor to the governor-elect.&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a statement by the Minister, on Tuesday, he said; \u201cOctober 16 should be<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">seen as transition of power from one Ekiti man to another, not from All<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Progressives Congress (APC) to PDP.&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking further, Adeyeye said; &#8220;Even the whitemen that colonised us<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">handed over power to Nigerians without bloodshed. It was done in an<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">atmosphere devoid of rancour.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I believe Governor Fayemi and his party-men will take a cue from this<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">because if the white colonialists did not throw Nigeria into chaos in<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1960, no individual or group should also throw Ekiti State into chaos in<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2014 because they are losing power.&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Minister said; &#8220;Ekiti people have spoken loudly on June 21 and I think<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">what we should all do is to respect the wish of the people and in the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">interest of the State and its people, pray for the incoming administration<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to succeed.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cLike I have maintained, no individual or group should do anything that<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">will rubbish the good image Ekiti people built for themselves and the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State with the June 21<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">election.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Those fanning embers of crisis in Ekiti State should therefore be<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">conscientious enough to know that no blood of an Ekiti person is worth<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">shedding for anyone or group to retain power.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of State for Works, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, has called on allstakeholders to desist from any action capable of disrupting the peacefultransition of power from the incumbent governor, Kayode&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ekiti: Adeyeye calls for peaceful transition, Says; 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