A former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has vowed not to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He said those that have left the party did so on choice.
The two-time Ekiti governor made this remark in Lagos after paying the Sallah homage to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The former governor also praised President Tinubu saying he has done his best to revamp the bad economy left by his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The remark also comes amidst the gale of defections that have trailed the leading opposition party in the country. Not a few defectors, state governors, senators and members of the House of Representatives from the PDP have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last few weeks.
According to sources close to the PDP, what they described as the Tinubu’s Tsunami is expected to sweep more aggrieved politicians from the PDP and other opposition parties into the ruling party ahead the 2027 elections.
Instructively, Segun Sowumi a former spokesman for the PDP and ardent critic of President Tinubu has declared his intention to join the APC if appointed into a government position by the president. Political watchers in the country say this is the most trying times for the PDP, which once ruled the country for 16 years from 1999 to 2015.
“I, Ayo Fayose, will not move from PDP to any political party, not even APC. I’m this year, 65 years. It’s within the choices of those who’ve chosen to move,” the former governor said.
The magazine reported that two PDP state governors, Sheriff Obovrewori and Umo Eno of Delta and Akwa Ibom states have recently dumped their former party for the APC citing the need to join the mainstream politics at the centre.
For instance while speaking after defecting to the APC Governor Eno said the state needed to “move with time and flow” of the politics in the country.
He said: “I believe no one that has ever moved or changed party has ever consulted the way I have done.
“I did that because of the respect I have for all of you, stakeholders in Project Akwa Ibom. I did that knowing that each and every one of you needed to be consulted and informed.
“I needed to explain why I am moving, and at this point, that consultation culminated into meeting all the critical stakeholders in PDP last night in this hall, where I took time to explain to you why we must move.
“We must be able to interpret the time and flow with the time and not run away with tide.
“Having completed the rounds of my consultation, as your servant that you have elected to serve you, I, therefore, have decided to progressively move to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
‘Today, I have made the bold declaration to join that train.”
The PDp is currently impeded by some contending forces within its fold who are fighting desperately for its soul, with the allegation that the FCT Minister and former Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike being at the middle of the crisis.
Fayose is Wike’s ally.
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