BEVERY HILL, November 30, (THEWILL) – Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has hinted that he may dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before the 2018 governorship election.
Fayose, speaking during a meeting with the state Suppliers’ Association of Nigeria in Ikere-Ekiti, told his audience that he was studying the situation in the PDP and would make a decision on which party he would move his political family vowing to stop All Progressives Congress (APC) from taking over the state in 2018.
Speaking on the outcome of Saturday’s governorship poll in Ondo state, Fayose alleged that the electorate sold their votes insisting that the victory of Rotimi Akeredolu did not confer legitimacy on the election or that the people voted rightly.
“The scenario won’t repeat itself in Ekiti,” he declared.
“I don’t know the platform I will use for the 2018 election yet and at the appropriate time, I will tell you.
“We are still studying the situation. We have to play the game left, right and centre and whoever we are going to use and the platform, you will all be part of the process because politics is about the people.
“You saw how people sold their votes in Ondo State. I am confident that will not happen in Ekiti. I am close to the people; you are the source of my strength.
“Even if it requires just 48 hours to any election, if I tell you where to go, you will surely follow me there.
“APC will be fooling itself if it thinks it will conquer Ekiti as it did Ondo. Ekiti is a peculiar place and I am the man on ground here.
“I want to assure my supporters and Nigerians that APC won’t win a local government here in 2018.
“Governor Olusegun Mimiko and Eyitayo Jegede might have lost in Ondo State, but that does not mean the people voted rightly.
“In 2015, people clamoured for change and what have we got now? Nigerians are becoming poorer than ever.
“Today, I am the lone voice in Southwest. I am now like the nation of Israel surrounded by enemies, but I shall defeat and triumph over them.”
THEWILL recalls that Fayose dumped the PDP ahead of the 2011 general election when he defected to Labour Party (LP) to run for Ekiti Central senatorial seat but was defeated by then Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate Babafemi Ojudu.
He later returned to the PDP in 2012 ahead of the 2014 governorship election in which he defeated the incumbent Governor, Kayode Fayemi.
Meanwhile, the party in Ekiti state is divided with a faction loyal to Fayose led by Gboyega Oguntuase, which belongs to Ahmed Makarfi faction while the other faction, loyal to Senator Buruji Kashamu, belongs to Ali Modu Sheriff-led PDP.
Story by Oputah David
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