The national leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has endorsed the candidacy of Governor Kayode Fayemi for the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State.

The ACN national leaders also told a House of Representatives member from the state, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, to shelve his purported governorship ambition and support Fayemi’s second term bid to consolidate on the achievements recorded so far by the ACN-led government in the state.

This formed the kernel of an all-inclusive stakeholders meeting held in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, which was attended by the party’s national and state leaders. In attendance at the meeting were Governor Kayode Fayemi, his deputy, Prof Modupe Adelabu; ACN National Chairman, Chief Adebisi Akande, the National of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Ekiti State Governor,Otunba Nyi Adebayo, National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Dele Alake, Senators Babafemi Ojudu, (Ekiti Central); Tony Adeniyi (Ekiti South) and Olu Adetunmbi (Ekiti North), and other national and state officers of the party. The meeting took place at the Lady Jibowu Hall, Government House, Ado-Ekiti.

The meeting which stressed the importance of unity among members of the party,  also reaffirmed an earlier endorsement of the governor by the state party leaders in December last year, as Asiwaju Tinubu stated that the party was satisfied with the quality of work being done by the Governor in the state, adding that the party would support him for a second term.

Tinubu urged the AC N Chairman in Ekiti State, Chief Olajide Awe, to officially convey the position of national leadership backing Fayemi’s candidacy to Bamidele who was absent at Wednesday’s meeting. He also urged Bamidele to drop his governorship ambition, stressing the importance of party loyalty and supremacy of the party.