‘Stomach infrastructure’ not responsible for Fayemi’s defeat -Bamidele

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Budget and Research, Opeyemi Bamidele, has cautioned the outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to stop blaming his loss at the June 21 governorship election on his refusal to distribute money and bags of rice to the electorate.

According to him, "stomach infrastructure" theory advanced by the Governor's team can send a wrong signal about Ekiti people to the outside world.

Bamidele, in a statement by his Media Aide, Ahmed Salami, in Ado Ekiti on Sunday, said the theory was unfounded as it did not influence the choice of the electorate, which voted against him.

He said prior to the election, Fayemi distributed over 200 buses among different interest groups while his wife, Bisi, distributed buses, sewing machines and several other equipment to market women.

Bamidele posited that some self-serving intellectuals and politicians misled Fayemi and cost him the victory recorded by the Peoples Democratic Party's candidate, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, in the election.

He added that the poll remained the best conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission in recent time, although not absolutely devoid of hitches.