A prominent member of the Ekiti state chapter of PDP, Chief Dayo
Okondo, has rejected Governor Ayo Fayose's offer of appointment to serve
as a member of the Governing
Council of the College of Education, Ikere Ekiti. At a press conference
which he convened yesterday July 3rd, Chief Okondo said despite his
efforts at making the party a success in the state, the state government
belittled him by offering him such an appointment without consulting him. Chief Okondo who has been bedridden for a while
now said the party and the state government had abandoned him to his
fate even after working so hard for the party in the state.
"Making
me a board member falls short of what he should do. And if I
have to take care of myself very well and take care of my health, I
don’t know what membership of the college’s board would do for me. I
can’t see how somebody who had served as a PDP Board of Trustees
member will now be appointed a college’s board member. I was shocked by
the appointment with my status and level of work that I did. I brought
the party to the state and I brought Fayose into the
party. I supported him wholeheartedly when others refused to support him
and I ensured that he won the primaries and the election (in 2003). He
has not visited me and he has not done anything about my health. I
have been trying to see him and talk to him about my health but I have
not succeeded. If I will reject it in totality, I want to see the
governor first
and I want him to reason with me that this appointment does not befit my
status as a founding father of the party and as someone who contributed
immensely to his political rise. I have been abandoned by the party.
One of my sons, Tope Okondo, who
was Obasanjo’s bodyguard, fell sick in Abuja and the situation I met
him was very terrible. I tried to see if I could take him to India. I
contacted (former
Governor) Fayemi and he offered to assist. We took him to India where he
spent two to three days and I thank him (Fayemi) for the gesture but he
told me not to bother. If my own party (PDP) can treat me like this, it
is unfortunate”he saids
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