Ekiti election: Nigerians are watching you, I Go Dye tells Buhari

Comedian and motivational speaker, I Go Dye, has a sent a message to President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerians are watching his actions ahead of the Ekiti State governorship election holding on Saturday, July 14.

In a post to Instagram on Wednesday, the 39-year-old said the election will be a test to know if the 2019 general election will be free and fair.

“Let the rule that gave you the mandate that you enjoy today, be observed in Ekiti State election. History awaits you to do the needful, devoid of sentimental approach and partisan interest.

“This is the litmus test to clearly define if 2019 election will be free or if another June 12 is in the waiting. Nigerians are watching. Don’t allow the interest of one man or a few people around you to dent the presumed honesty that you have lived for,” he wrote.

Let the rule that gave you the mandate that you enjoy today, be observed in Ekiti State election History awaits you to do the needful,devoid of sentimental approach and partisan interest. Let the rule that gave you the mandate that you enjoy today, be observed in the Ekiti State election. This is the litmus test to clearly define if 2019 election will be free or if another June 12 is in the waiting. Nigerians are watching. Don’t allow the interest of one man or a few people around you to dent the presumed honesty that you have lived for. Interestly,the international community will be observing the outcome of this election to verify your stand,if you are now a democrat or a military dictator. you are someone who has often protested that your mandate was stolen,you should not be a party to anything that relates to electoral manipulations. Most importantly, I call on the youths of Ekiti State, not to allow themselves to be used as political thugs or instruments of electoral fraud. God bless Nigeria as we take another walk on the part of promoting democratic principles. Amb Francis Agoda

A post shared by Amb, Francis Agoda (@igodye_) on Jul 11, 2018 at 1:08am PDT

The two top contenders in the Ekiti election are former Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and incumbent Deputy Governor Kolapo Olusola-Eleka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

President Buhari was in Ekiti on Tuesday to campaign for Fayemi.

Telling the electorates not to waste their votes, the President urged them to elect Fayemi, given the track record of the ruling APC administration in the country.

He said the people of Ekiti must not be deceived by the “stomach infrastructure” programme of the PDP government in the state, describing it as at variance with the norms in a functional democracy.

Buhari said he was in Ekiti not only to campaign for Fayemi but also to create awareness as well as sensitise the people on the dividends of democracy so far made available to them.