Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has described
as “campaigns of calumny” by some aspirants, linking him with the All
Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, as “dead on
arrival,” pointing out that it will not guarantee anyone the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket.
The former governor who reiterated his endorsement of the
immediate past PDP chairman in the State, Otunba Bisi Kolawole, declared that
he owed no one no apology as he was convinced that he (Bisi Kolawole) has what
it takes to win the election and govern Ekiti better.
In a statement on Friday, by his Spokesperson, Lere
Olayinka, Fayose said those moving from house to house in Abuja, calling him
names will by now be celebrating him and calling him “Saint Fayose” “if they
were the ones supporting.”
The statement issued on Friday, read; “Linking me with APC and Tinubu in the desperation of some aspirants to clinch our party ticket, is dead on arrival.
“In and out of office, Nigerians can attest to my commitment
to the PDP and opposition to the APC govt in defence of the ordinary
Nigerians.”
“We have seen sitting governors defecting to APC, but in and
out of office, I remained steadfast with the PDP even in the face of undeserved
harassments.
“When did visits and interactions of our political leaders
across party lines become evidence of anti-party?
“As for the race for the PDP governorship ticket, I want to
make it expressly clear once again that I have no apologies for supporting Bisi
Kolawole.
“Those going from house to house in Abuja, looking for shortcuts
to the governorship ticket should rather go back to Ekiti and seek the support
of the delegates who will decide the fate of our party’s aspirants.
“To our party stakeholders, whenever they come to you in
Abuja with tales by moonlight about Fayose, let them be reminded that I am not
an aspirant, but cannot be wished away. They should rather go back home and
seek the necessary support as all politics is local. No shortcut!
“Eni ifa o to si lo npe ni haram (it is those who did not
get the endorsement that are calling it haram).
“If they were the ones I endorsed, I will be ‘Saint Fayose.’
“I want to make it expressly clear once again that I stand
with Otunba Bisi Kolawole, without apologies because he has what it takes to
govern Ekiti and with the support of God and Ekiti people, he will surely win.”
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