Why I Want To Quit PDP, ‘General’ Fayose Opens Up
Politics / Politics Update
December 2, 2016 Raphael Adenaike
Why I Want To Quit PDP, ‘General’ Fayose Opens Up
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Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has said that he wants to quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because of the outcome of the recent Ondo State governorship election where the party lost out to the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Speaking at the palace of Rufus Adejugbe, ewi of Ado Ekiti, Fayose stated that though he is not the type who betrays people, if the PDP does not resolve its internal crisis before 2018, he would seek a credible platform.
He said: “You don’t just walk out of relationships just like that. Nigerians have a lot of respect for me and my voice. This I cannot trade for a piece of morsel like the biblical Esau.
“What I said is that if the current man-made crisis rocking the PDP persists till 2018, rather than allow them mess us up like they did in Ondo, we may have to seek an alternative and credible platform.
“We are not people who betray the confidence of our people. If there will be change at all, it will not be spur-of-the-moment. We shall carry our leaders and the people along.
“All men and women of goodwill, backed up by God will, in the fullness of time, roll back and roll away those oppressive, repressive, and satanic forces; their sinister motives and anti-people agenda will be quashed in Nigeria.”
Fayose said what happened in Ondo “cannot repeat itself in Ekiti”, adding that if the federal government “brings all the funds in treasury single account (TSA) to the state”, they will be disappointed.
“I want to say categorically that the shenanigans of Ondo governorship elections cannot be repeated in Ekiti; they delude themselves if they think they can,” he said.
The Governor who described himself as a “general without an army”, said that he operates like Elisha, one of the prophets in the Bible.
Maintaining that he would never dump PDP for a ‘party of hunger like APC’, Fayose said: “I will never dump PDP for APC. I remain strong and unshaken for the PDP. I can’t jump the boat; even if I want to jump, I won’t jump into the red sea.
“Why should I leave the PDP and join a party of hunger like APC? Ekiti is different from Ondo. By the grace of God, there will be a repeat of history here in 2018; I shall repeat the 16-0 that I gave them in 2014.
“I operate like the biblical Elisha because those with us are greater than theirs. The God of Israel that conquered Philistines shall be on our side… I am not a general without an army.”
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