Senator Buruji Kashamu
representing Ogun East Senatorial District, has publicly condemned the action
of the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, for declaring to run for the
office of President come 2019 under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Kashamu called on the national
leadership of the party to sanction Fayose without further delay for going
against the party’s zoning arrangement.
The lawmaker described the
governor’s action as the height of anti-party activities, knowing that the
party had already zoned the exalted office to the north.
In a statement he issued in
Abuja, Kashamu said, “Although his so-called declaration is of no political
consequence whatsoever, it is antithetical to the mood of the party and nation
that someone who claims to be a party man could go against the decision of the
party to zone the Presidency to the North.
“By 2019, the South would have
had the Presidency for 14 of Nigeria’s 20 years democratic rule since 1999,
with a Southerner ruling for two terms back to back. It smacks of insensitivity
and greed for anyone from the South to declare for the Presidency so soon.
“With Fayose’s latest action, it
is now glaring that all his grandstanding was meant to further his own selfish
interest. He never had the interest of the party, the people and the nation at
heart.
“This man is simply desperate for
power. It is like since his anti-depressant drugs can no longer contain him, he
is looking for every available means to perpetuate himself in office.
“Otherwise, how do we explain the
fact that the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum would go against the
decision of the party?
“Little wonder none of his
governor-colleagues attended the event. No member of the party in the National
Assembly attended the ceremony.
“At first, he said he wanted to
seek re-election to continue his first term which was truncated by impeachment
in 2006. Thereafter, he began to work towards becoming the Vice-President and
now he says he wants to be the President!
“I am however glad that Nigerians
are no fools. They know those who really have their interest at heart. They
know the leaders with the demonstrable capacity to take Nigeria to the
proverbial Promised Land; not the charlatans and looters who pretend to be
leaders.
“In the light of the above, I
wish to urge the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led NCC to issue a query to Fayose and
subsequently refer him to the National Disciplinary Committee for going against
the party’s zoning arrangement and stoking resentment against our party in the
minds of the electorate.”
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ReplyDeleteWhy will fayose want to destroy the very party he claims loyalty and is his interest by declaring for president??
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ReplyDeletekashamu are u scared a politician must be bold to face is enemies and conquer them fayose i surport u go on see u in ASO ROCK BY GODS GRACE AMEN
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