– Fayose says he
regrets supporting embattled factional national chairman of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. – Fayose said that some people
were merely paying lip service to reconciliation efforts in the PDP because of
selfish interest.
Outspoken Ekiti
state governor, Ayo Fayose, has revealed that he regrets supporting embattled
factional national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Ali
Modu Sheriff. He equally spoke on the crisis rocking the party stressing that
some people were merely paying lip service to reconciliation efforts in the PDP
because of selfish interest.
Fayose said this when the former chairman of
Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, took his PDP national chairmanship
campaign to Ekiti. “I must tell you that I have learnt my lessons from my past
experience. I will not openly identify or campaign for a candidate any longer.
As part of our great party in Ekiti, I ‘m assuring you that I do not have a
personal candidate and God knows I have not spoken to my people about any
candidate. “We will allow God to choose for us this time by ensuring that all
aspirants have a level-playing ground.
“I have learnt my
lessons on Ali Modu Sheriff and I take full responsibility for the
consequences. Imagine, if we have allowed him to get there, with the way he is
now behaving, it would have been worse than this.” On his part, Dokpesi pleaded
with the delegates to allow him to serve the party and return it to the winning
ways. “Some people have alleged that I
have surrendered for our elder in the party, Chief Bode George. Let me make it
categorically clear that I was born and bred in Ibadan and I do understand and
appreciate the Yoruba traditions so much and so I have respect for elders.
“But there was no
time that Chief Bode George and I met and discuss this issue and I did not in
any way surrender the race to him. I have not stepped down for him in any way
because this time we need fresh and younger blood that would have the physical
and mental alertness for the job. “I have been touring 17 states of the
federation for just about a week now and I’m still strong,” he said. Meanwhile,
Fayose has rained curses on President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that his
administration would collapse. In a video that was obtained by Vanguard, the
outspoken governor was seen speaking voraciously against the president,
asserting that any government that rises against him shall be condemned.
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