Ekiti State has never reelected an incumbent governor. Although Governor Kayode Fayemi is not seeking reelection, his party will be edgy over that aspect of the state's political history.
South-west Crisis: PDP moves to reconcile Fayose, Makinde
Mr Fayose and Mr Makinde have been at loggerheads over the party leadership in the region.
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has moved to reconcile Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and an ex-governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose.
The move is to strengthen the party ahead of its South-west Zonal Congress, which was earlier slated for April 10.
Sources within the party also told PREMIUM TIMES that the PDP has postponed the congress until further notice.
“The leadership of the party met and they resolved that the best thing to do is to postpone the congress so that Mr Makinde and Mr Fasoye would be reconciled,” a top official of the party in Oyo State told our correspondent on Thursday.