The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has picked a former chairman of Ado-Ekiti Local Government in the state, Chief Adebisi Adegboyega Egbeyemi, a lawyer, as the deputy governorship candidate of the party in the July 14 governorship election.
A statement, yesterday, signed by Wole Olujobi for JKF Campaign Office, said Egbeyemi’s choice came after speculations by the expectant public spread that a certain eminent indigene of the state had been picked to fly the ticket with Fayemi in the poll.
Egbeyemi, an indigene of Ado-Ekiti, was born on May 8, 1944 to the family of the late Egbeyemi Alade and late Madam Tinubu Egbeyemi.
His political experience spans many fields, and between 1991 and 1992, he was Commissioner of Education and between 2001 and 2002, Egbeyemi was a member of the Governing Council of the National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna.
A receiver of many awards, the lawyer was appointed Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the state between 2002 and 2003.
He is a founding member and Leader of the Action Congress in Ado-Ekiti Local Government and currently a foremost leader of the APC in Ekiti State.
