Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday,
refuted news reports that he had resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party
following the party’s loss in Saturday’s presidential election.
Fayose, who asserted that he still remains a PDP member,
said that he did not resign from the party but only stepped aside.
The former governor, in a statement he personally signed,
titled, “I didn’t resign from PDP, I only stepped aside – Ayo Fayose,” urged
Nigerians to continue to support and vote for the PDP,” especially in the
governorship and houses of assembly elections”.
Fayose’s statement reads, “I am still a bonafide member of
the PDP. I only said I stepped aside because I need to speak the truth to power
without the fear of my view being tainted by party colouration. Resigning from
a political party has procedures and same will be followed if I strongly find
the need to leave the party.
“It is important that we have somebody that can say the
truth without wearing any party toga.
“I am a member of the PDP, I am a member of the PDP National
Executive Committee, a member of the party caucus, member of the Board of
Trustees based on my position as a former chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum.
It’s a lifetime membership. But Nigeria is bigger than any party.”
Fayose also clarified that he is not a member of the All
Progressives Congress and will never be a member of the party, adding, however,
he deeply respects Tinubu.
He also stated that he is entitled to his view of the 2023
presidential election being free and fair
Furthermore, he stated that he is not interested in
contesting for any political position again in his life asking, “What am I
going to contest for at 62? Even if I want to contest, not under APC. I have
said it repeatedly that I can never join APC and I am still saying it now.”
“But I need to emphasise that Nigeria needs somebody who
will say the truth at this critical period in our history.
“Again, may I conclude here that Peter Obi is the man of the
season. Asiwaju won the election, but PDP was too fractured to win an election
at federal level. However, at the state level, elections are local, please continue
to vote and support the PDP, especially in the governorship and houses of
assembly elections.
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