Six days after Ikpe's wife, Margaret, was delivered of a baby in October 2011, a car veered off the road into his compound and nearly killed his wife.
According to Ikpe, the driver of the car was a pastor who was in a hurry to get to his church and so was on a neck-breaking speed.
Explaining further, Ikpe said "The pastor abandoned his car and ran away. We found his church address in the car and we were able to locate him, but he and his church members got a lawyer and threatened that they would jail us for lying against their pastor. I had no money and I was told at the hospital that my wife's leg would be amputated. I had to start borrowing money and I became so enmeshed in debts."
It was at this point that someone advised Ikpe to approach the State Government for assistance.
"I didn't believe it. I am not from Ekiti. Why would Ekiti State Government help me."
Ikpe was, however, shocked when few days after he applied with proof of his wife's condition, he was summoned to Ado-Ekiti and handed a cheque of N450, 000.
"I couldn't believe my eyes. They asked me to go and open a current account in my wife's name. After three days that I had paid in with the cheque, the account was credited. After paying the hospital's bills, we still had money left. My wife's leg was no longer amputated. I have been telling everyone around me. Fayemi is a good man," the excited Ikpe said.
He added: "I have since been looking for a way to return the favour. The time has come now. All my people in Ekiti love Fayemi and they are ready to vote for him. Fayemi is the kind of leader that Nigeria needs."
Steven is an indigene of Benue State who farms in Ita-Ido, Ekiti State.
Ikpe's testimonial is one of the many good deeds of the Fayemi-led administration. If this good deed had been done in 2013 or 2014, there are many who would have said it was to garner votes, but it happened in 2011.
Dr. Kayode Fayemi deserves your vote for a second term in office because he is kind at heart.
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