Ayodele Fayose, a former governor of Ekiti State, has denied reports that he is plotting to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Naija News reports that the Ekiti State chapter of the APC had warned Fayose against joining them.
In a statement on Thursday, the Ekiti State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Ade Ajayi, advised Fayose to perish any thought of joining the ruling party.
He stated that the chieftain of the PDP was not wanted in the APC because of his antecedents.
The party spokesperson said the APC was “a disciplined, refined and integrity-inclined type which would not tolerate people like Fayose.”
Ajayi stated that the Ekiti former governor lacked the qualification to be a member of the ruling APC.
Reacting to the APC, the Media Aide to the former governor, Lere Olayinka, described the ruling party as a Coronavirus infected party that someone of the status and pedigree of Fayose can never join.
Olayinka said, “it is funny that the APC in Ekiti State lied and went further to react to its own lies.
“As I write, Fayose is presently in a meeting of major stakeholders of the PDP in Ekiti State in the house of Senator Clement Awoyelu.”
“The story of Fayose’s threat to leave PDP for the APC is one of the lies from the APC factory of lies and it is even more childish that the party in Ekiti State went ahead to react to its own lies,” he added.
Olayinka wondered why any right-thinking politicians would be attracted to join a party that has allowed killings and kidnappings dominate the country.
He said: “Is it the pariah State that Nigeria has become such that USA had to place the country on visa restrictions? Is it the huge debt the country has been plunged into? Or is it the directionless state of the country?
“Is it the sacking of over 3,000 workers by the non-performing APC government in Ekiti State?
“Most importantly, is it the confused state of the APC, which has made even the State Chairman of the party in Ekiti State, Mr Paul Omotoso, to join others in calling for the removal of the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole?
“What is there in the APC to attract someone like Fayose, who is known for his stand in support of the masses of Nigeria that are being made to suffer more hardship by the APC government?
“They can continue to hallucinate about everything Ayodele Fayose, while he continues with his task of to rebuild the PDP in Ekiti State with a view to returning to power I’m 2022.”
