Dr Kayode Fayemi , the Minister of Mines and Steel Development and Ekiti State Governorship Aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday debunked media reports that he stormed out of a meeting of the party’s South West leaders with the Ekiti State governorship aspirants in Abuja on Tuesday.
Reports had emerged on Tuesday that Fayemi stormed out of a meeting convened by the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande as well as other stakeholders of the party in the South West. The meeting was aimed at resolving the crisis that disrupted the party's governorship primary in Ekiti state.
Fayemi was reported to have ignored journalists who approached him on his way out of the venue.
Speaking on the matter, the Minister in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yinka Oyebode said he only left the venue after he took permission from the leaders.
“The Minister said that contrary to misleading media reports and social media posts purporting that he walked out of the meeting, he only left the venue, like other attendees, at the end of the meeting.
“There was no basis for the minister to storm out of the meeting which was called by the leaders to proffer way forward for the party, in the face of the rescheduled Ekiti governorship primary.
“The Minister could not make the second part of the meeting when it reconvened later in the evening, having earlier taken permission from the leaders to attend another meeting.
“It is thus worrisome and highly embarrassing reading reports of purported ‘walk out’ on our leaders when nothing like that actually took place.
“We implore well-meaning members of the society and members of our great party to disregard the misleading reports.”
