Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose
has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not sending him any message to
congratulate him on his 57th birthday.
Fayose said he deserved to be
sent a congratulatory message from the Presidency as “one of the governors in
Nigeria and a leading opposition figure in the country.”
On the raging controversy on who
emerges the next People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the December 9 National
Convention, Fayose said all chairmanship aspirants from all the geopolitical
zones in the South are eligible and not only aspirants from the Southwest.
Fayose has been accused by some
PDP chieftains in Ekiti State of supporting Prince Uche Secondus from Rivers
State for the post of National Chairman rather than a candidate from the
Southwest to where the position had been zoned by the party.
The governor spoke on Wednesday
with reporters at the Government House, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital as part of
the occasions to mark his 57th birthday.
Fayose said “one of his greatest
wishes on his 57th birthday was to have woken up this morning to receive
congratulatory message from President Muhammadu Buhari or read such message in
the media.”
He said: “My wishes on my 57th
birthday as Ayo Fayose are many but one of them which will interest you is that
I wish President Buhari’s congratulatory call would have woken me up today as
one of the governors in the country, as a father of the nation and as a leading
opposition figure in the country.
“(The President ought to
congratulate me as) a fearless young man who believes that things should be
done rightly to show himself (Buhari) as a father of all, preaching that we
must extend love to everybody not only those in his political party.
“The President would have made a
difference if he had extended such gesture to others beyond his political
party. Such a congratulatory message
should have been conveyed through his Minister of Information.
“I would have loved to either
wake up receiving a congratulatory call from him or read it in the papers. But
since it is not coming, it is not a big deal to me and I take no offence on it.
“I am not Buhari’s enemy;
opposition is the strength of democracy, it ensures that the electorates get
value for their votes. Those who criticize your government are not your
enemies, they are catalysts to your growth as a government.
“I remain a factor no one can
ignore in this country. Apart from the fact that I am a leading opposition
(figure), Nigerians respect my voice; they believe that I don’t compromise the
truth no matter whose ox is gored.”
On the confusion over who becomes
the next PDP National Chairman, Fayose said: “Nobody can say some zone would
hijack it because there is no election yet. You don’t know where the election
would go. 24 hours is a long time in election.
“What is important is that a
credible candidate emerges as PDP chairman and the fact that we must as
members, conclude this convention as one party.
“You also remember that all our
candidates have signed and agreed to remain one regardless of the outcome of
the convention. That shows unity among us, the chairmanship is zoned to the
south.”
Responding to a question that his
presidential ambition may rob the Southwest of the party’s national chairmanship
slot, Fayose said: “How can only one man’s ambition rob others their own
chance?
“That is just cheap blackmail.
You see when I wanted to be governor; there was nothing that could stop me
because I was determined.
“The aspirants for PDP chairmanship
who have come from the South-West were determined, if not, they wouldn’t have
come out. Let us say that expressly that we don’t know tomorrow, 24 hours is a
long time in politics.”
“The aspirants for PDP chairmanship who have
come from the South-West were determined, if not, they wouldn’t have come out.
Let us say that expressly that we don’t know tomorrow, 24 hours is a long time
in politics.”
Fayose is on point. Buhari is taking it personal, which is unfortunate. No true leader does that.
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