Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has faulted those saying All Progressives Congress (APC) should learn lessons from its loss in the June 21 Ekiti State governorship election.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Ayo Fayose, won the election by a wide margin, defeating the incumbent, APC’s Dr. Kayode Fayemi.
But in an interview on Wednesday, Fashola said it would be dangerous for democracy to suggest that the lesson to be learnt is that winning an election is about sharing money and rice “which is very easy to provide”.
Fayose is believed to have won partly because of his ability to “connect with the grassroots” through sharing of goodies, while Fayemi was described as “elitist”.
Fashola said the outcome of the election has raised some fundamental questions, maintaining that the supposed lessons “are frightening and disturbing dimensions to conduct of politics and questions on human behaviour”.
“Should we just be giving money and when people ask about security, we say we have given you the money, go and rent your own security? So when people ask about hospitals and drugs we say you have collected money. Is that a model for development?” he asked.
FASHOLA IS SCARED KNOWING THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION FAVOURS ONLY THE ELITES
LAGOS IS ON THE WAY TO PDP
Since you want Nigeria to be going down to the valley under PDP sharing money instead of developing the nation, you too supporting the failing party today will eventually be part of the destroyed nation.
PDP. YOU CAN’T FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME..
Very, very valid questions. And these deserve urgent answers.
I think there is more to the PDP’s electoral victory in ekiti than meet the ordinary eye. Fayemi lost his ward to PDP? Well, time will tell
Valid questions my foot! Both fayemi & fayose were guilty of playn politics of d stomach as both shared food items 2 their supporters. Fashola should simply concede defeat & stop his rhetorics. Fayose won free, fair & squarely as such no amount of rhetorics & grandstanding can diminish dat fact!
Fashola should stop living in denial. Both fayemi & fayose re both guilty of inducemnts by way of giving out food items 2 their numerous supporters. Apc had beta accept defeat in good faith & stop dis unnecessary rhetorics & grandstanding! D truth remains dat fayose won free, fair & squarely. Even d US adjudged it 2 be free & fair. So wats d ruse by fashola??