The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake has no interest in contesting to become the Governor of Ekiti State.
In a statement released on Monday by his aide, Segun Tomori, Mr Alake expressed commiment to his current national assignment as a Minister
The Minister is an indigene of Ekiti state but has expressed total support for the the current administration of Governor Biodun Oyebanji,
The statement stresses that Mr Alake has nothing to do with the campaign posters circulating on social media, describing them as fake.
“The attention of the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Oladele Alake has been drawn to a poster that is circulating on social media and across WhatsApp groups where he is positioned as a gubernatorial aspirant in Ekiti State with the inscription ‘Take it Back’,”
“The general public is hereby informed that Dr Alake has no interest in running for the governorship election in Ekiti State, either now or in the future.
“The poster in circulation does not have his approval as he does not know the people behind it. It is fake and should be discarded.
“It is unconscionable that the Honourable Minister who is busy with the onerous task of reforming and revamping the Solid Minerals sector in Nigeria, a responsibility committed to him by President Bola Tinubu will leave that to be plotting for an election in Ekiti State.
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