Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has hinted on his readiness to quit the
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over the protracted factional crisis
tearing the green-red-white umbrella to shreds.
The governor has also showcased new campaign buses which have no PDP
name and logo fueling speculations that he had perfected plans to move
to another party.
The campaign buses have the following inscriptions: “Support Continuity
2018, Fayose Wherever You Go, We Will Go”; “Ekiti 2018…Continuity,
Fayose Leads, We Follow.”
Buses including 35-seater Toyota Urvan and 18-seater Toyota Hiace,
otherwise known as Toyota Hummer bus are parked in the premises of the
Government House.
The buses which are painted lemon green are embossed with the picture of
a smiling Fayose wearing black “danshiki” with red embroidery and
waving.
The non-appearance of the PDP name and logo are tell-tale signs that Fayose has made up his mind to quit the umbrella party.
But Fayose who hosted students and youths Wednesday evening at
Government House grounds whose ages range between 18 and 22 emphasized
that he won’t wait a day longer in the PDP if his faction loses the case
at the Supreme Court.
Many of the students who were attracted to the Government House with the
governor’s promise of giving the first 300 that arrived laptops went
home disappointed when the promise was not fulfilled.
Fayose promised to organize a raffle draw to determine the laptop
winners which did not go down well with the youths who were eager to go
home with their prizes.
Addressing the audience earlier, Fayose He also dropped a bombshell that
stakeholders in the party loyal to Senator Ahmed Makarfi will defect to
another party, if Senator Ali Modu Sheriff wins the appeal pending at
the apex court.
He did not mention the party they (Makarfi loyalists) would defect to in the event of a loss to Sheriff.
When asked whether he has the intention of leaving the PDP as being
rumoured, Fayose stated that no law prohibited him from defecting if the
PDP can’t be a veritable platform for him to advance his political
frontiers in 2018.
Fayose said: “I am still a member of the PDP and still the Chairman of the PDP governor’s forum, there are no two sides to it.
“But the strategy for 2018 poll is strictly my own business. No law says
I should not run on the platform of another party if the PDP is no
longer a right direction depending on circumstances.
“If they are bent on destroying the PDP, let them go ahead but I will
never have anything to do with Senator Sheriff. The party is like a
vehicle and the vehicle can’t be more important than the driver.”
