Leader of Ekiti State caucus in the House of Representatives and member representing Ado Ekiti/Irepodun-Ifelodun Federal Constituency, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele, has resigned his leadership of the caucus.
The resignation, which takes immediate effect, was contained in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday, wherein he said that his resignation was premised on the need to pursue his ambition to govern Ekiti State come 2014.
The letter, copied to the former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu; the Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal and the Minority Leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, stated that the resignation "has become a cogent and compelling step for me to take at this time to enable me pursue, by the special grace and uncommon favour of Almighty God, my aspiration to be governor of Ekiti State by the year 2014, based on my personal conviction and in response to the popular demand and clarion call of well meaning Ekiti sons and daughters at home and in the Diaspora who believe that our dear state needs a critical intervention at this time so as not to become a failed state."
Bamidele said that he could no longer tarry in responding to the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the state, both young and old, as well as the founding fathers of the state "who genuinely desire to see the emergence of a rallying point (across political and ideological divides) that would herald in a new and united Ekiti State where our past glory will be brought back from sabbatical, where integrity and strength of character, the hallmark of Ekiti personality will be celebrated yet again and where job creation, food security, law and order as well as infrastructural and human capital development with high premium on health and education."
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