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Fears Of Fayose’s Defection To APC Heighten
Just about the same time he came out to reject his party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubkar, former Governor Ayo Fayose on Wednesday further raised speculations of his political intentions and possible inclinations towards the All Progressives Congress, APC when he received the incoming governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji.
GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that Oyebanji won penultimate Saturday’s governorship election in a canter beating Fayose’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to third place.
Oyebanji, who contested under the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated 15 candidates, including Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Oyebanji had said that the visit to Fayose in the former governor’s Lagos residence was part of his efforts in extending courtesies to the state’s eminent leaders.
However, the release of Fayose’s tweet rejecting Atiku has now raised fears that the former Ekiti governor could be leaving the party.
Fayose in his tweet had said:
“The PDP Constitution provides for a rotational Presidency. Section 3(c) provides that the Party shall pursue its aims & objectives by adhering to the policy of the rotation & zoning of Party & Public elective offices in pursuance of the principle of equity, justice and fairness.
“The current President of Nigeria is a 2-term Northern Presidency, thus implying that it MUST be a Southern Presidency in 2023 or NOTHING. Awa ‘South’ lo kan’,” Fayose had tweeted.
GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that Fayose had in the past shown a personal chemistry with Tinubu. On the sidelines of the celebrations of his 60th birthday two years ago, Fayose had vowed that he would never betray Tinubu.
He had said:
He said, “I am not championing the cause of Tinubu, I am not in the position to do that, but there is no denying the fact that Tinubu is a prominent Yoruba leader, whether in APC or in PDP. There is no gainsaying that fact. Fayose is a prominent son of the Yoruba nation.
“What I am trying to say is that we can’t hide their identities and goodwill for political reasons. We can’t deny their contributions. Other leaders from the North like Ahmadu Bello made different impacts. So, Tinubu has paid his dues. I have paid my dues, Okowa has paid his dues, Wike has paid his dues. We need to acknowledge them.
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