Fayose Attends Akeredolu’s Inauguration, Says APC Is No Match For Him

[caption id="attachment_17027" align="alignnone" width="750"]Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s swearing-in[/caption]

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Friday, attended the inauguration of Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) as governor of Ondo State.

Not minding whether it was the inauguration of an All Progressives Congress (APC) governor, Fayose said that what really matters is putting the “Yoruba nation” first after Nigeria.

The Governor argued that his being a leader in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shouldn’t stop him from supporting an opposition governor from the South West.

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He said this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi.

‎“This is a Nigerian affair. When a governor is sworn in we have to support him.‎ We are talking of regional integration and unity and Akeredolu is one of us.‎ We have to support him and electioneering has come and gone and a winner has emerged and we have to work together in the spirit of the people of our region.

“We cannot play politics with the welfare of the people of our region. We have to support Akeredolu to make the difference.‎ This is a matter of the Yoruba nation and after Nigeria, Yoruba nation comes first‎. We don’t need to play politics with the welfare of Yoruba people,” he said.

Speaking on speculations that he may join the APC, Fayose said,“I am the main issue of the APC. They don’t have my size. They are wearing babaringa and they don’t have the size of my cloth. The other time we gave them 16-0 and this time around, if it’s possible to get a local government from another state, we will give them 17-0‎ in the 2018 governorship election.”

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