by Alexander O. Onukwue

Mr Fayose was not at the meeting between President Buhari and all state Governors on Friday, due to a chieftaincy title he was to receive.

Named the Apesin, Fayose added a feather to his cap to boost his standing in the eyes of Ekiti people. Mr Fayose is something of a street Governor with his style of appearing in ordinary clothes, projecting the image of the accessible Governor. His re-emergence as Governor in 2014 was helped by a campaign that relied much on that ordinariness and heavily branded stomach infrastructure.

Now with a big title, will there be any change in the person of the Apesin?

He celebrated the conferment with a tweet on Friday evening, “Today, I was installed as the Apesin – Apagun P’ote… of Ado-Ekiti by Kabiyesi, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe. I feel honoured.”

Today, I was installed as the Apesin – Apagun P'ote… of Ado-Ekiti by Kabiyesi, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe. I feel honoured. pic.twitter.com/PkVAByvfXN

— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) August 25, 2017

Will the new title prescribe any new norms of carriage for the Governor that would require him to apply more guard and censorship of his publicly uttered criticisms?

Editor