APC My Foot, Fayose Reacts To Alleged Plan To Dump PDP

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has reacted to a statement he made on his plan to dump his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Recall that the governor, shortly after Atiku Abubakar emerged as the PDP standard bearer in the presidential election, said he may dump the party “if the needs arise”.

“We kept the party alive and strong when most men became ladies. We never compromised. If any group feels it can do it alone, we will see how far they can go.

“I may renounce my membership of the party if the need arises.

“In the main time, myself and others will continue with our consultations while watching the turn of events,” he had said.

In a swift response, the Ekiti state APC in a statement by its Chairman, Mr. Paul Omotoso said Fayose was not wanted in the party.

He said: “We want to prove to the world that APC will not provide sanctuary for criminal suspects, political prostitutes and lepers. We will never admit such character to this party and we advise Fayose to play his politics of destruction somewhere else.

“Fayose cannot turn Ekiti APC to a haven and sanctuary for criminal suspects and we advise him to forget any plan to smear Ekiti APC with criminal records.

“Fayose, over the years, abused and openly denigrated President Muhammadu Buhari, the leader of our party who is also the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

“Fayose is coming to destroy our party and ensure President Buhari does not get a second term in 2019 and we will not allow Fayose’s evil plan to materialize.

“Fayose said many times that he would destroy APC. He destroyed the Labour Party, LP, the All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP, People’s Progressive Alliance, PPA, and at a time he also destroyed PDP before his current activities that led to the present sorry state of PDP in Ekiti State.

“APC is looking for builders and not destroyers in its fold. We will not accept this destroyer in our great party APC and we advise Fayose to look elsewhere towards his promoters outside the state so that he can destroy the cohesion of the party in the backyards of those promoters.

“Our party is not a sanctuary for criminal suspects, political lepers and serial destroyers of the parties they once belonged.

”We hereby warn ward chairmen where Fayose lives or runs his business against admitting him to our great party.

“We, hereby, state clearly that no ward chairman must open talks with Fayose until such ward chairman clears with the party leadership at the state level.”

But in his response, Fayose said he will never have anything to do with the APC.

He said, “APC my foot! I will never have anything to do with APC. For the party’s leaders to be saying that Fayose is coming to APC amounts to unnecessary dissipation of energy.

“I will never, ever, go to APC and will never ever have anything to do with the party,” he vowed.