Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, says anyone
planning to “unseat” President-elect Bola Tinubu is “daydreaming”.
Speaking on Tuesday in an interview with Channels Television,
Fayose said the 2023 presidential election has “come and gone”, adding that
those aggrieved are at liberty to approach the court.
Fayose said prior to the election, members of Integrity
Group — comprising five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors and other
party chieftains — were asked to support a southern presidential candidate in
their different states.
The ex-governor said he will not apologise for supporting
Tinubu despite the latter being a member of the All Progressives Congress
(APC).
“The directive was
that we should go and support the southern candidate because this is the
position of the governors and the leaders of thought — and the southern
candidates were Obi and the president-elect and I have done justice,” he said.
“I’m not desperate for any appointment. I’m somebody who
will not cringe because of a piece of meal.
“I’m contented, but for anybody to say he would unseat Ahmed
Bola Tinubu, you are daydreaming, it is a nightmare you are putting yourself
through. That election has come and gone.
“In America, the
former president is still saying he was rigged. He who comes to equity must
have clean hands. Today, in Nigeria, that election has come and gone but you
are at liberty to go to court.”
On March 1, the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) declared Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election.
However, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Atiku
Abubakar of the PDP have approached the election tribunal to challenge the
victory of Tinubu.
‘I WILL NEVER JOIN
APC’
The former Ekiti governor said he will never join the APC
while reiterating that he has withdrawn from partisan politics.
“Many people in Nigeria have been confronted with what they
have said at different times and they either recant or say something new. I
stand here to tell you that I will never be a member of the APC,” he said.
“I am not in politics for what it is anymore. I have been
given a fair opportunity to lead Ekiti two times and defeated two incumbents.
“Nigeria is not a country we now take for granted. You will
see that by the outcome of this election that a lot of people were displaced as
a result of taking people for granted.”
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