Former Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, has resigned from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Fayose who made this known during an interview on Arise Television on said his decision to quit the party appears to be connected with perceived irreconcilable differences in the PDP, which according to him, has fractured the party.
According to him, “Let me say this, from today (yesterday) I stay off PDP. In party politics there are certain facts you must be able to speak. I am 62 and I can’t, at this age, begin to lie. When something is wrong with your family, confess.”
He said PDP was already fractured before the election, with so many aggrieved aspirants whom were allegedly swindled by the leadership of the party on one hand and the inability of the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to reach an agreement with the G-5 governors.
“I warned Atiku that the problem will consume PDP. I told him there was danger ahead, the G-5 governors demanded that Atiku make an official announcement to run for only one term and hand over to any member in the south but Ayu was leading Atiku to Golgotha,” he said.
Fayose asked Labour Party’s candidate and second runner up in the presidential polls, Peter Obi to “run away from the PDP” as the current ovation for the opposition has nothing to do with PDP.
According to him, if the PDP had believed in Obi, they should have given him the party’s ticket.
He saluted Obi’s courage for being able to defeat the likes of Tinubu in Lagos, describing him as “A phenomenon” and “the man of the moment”, stressing that Obi’s victory in Lagos has proved that things are no longer the same.
He argued that for Obi to win in Lagos shows the process was so transparent and as such the outcome of the election should be accepted by all.
