Ayo Fayose, the former governor of Ekiti State, has denied that he left the People’s Democratic Party, soon after it was defeated by the governing APC in the 2023 presidential election.
According to media reports, Fayose had announced his resignation from the PDP and from partisan politics, but in a statement made available to reporters, he clarified that he had only stepped aside from PDP but not quitting the party, adding, “I am not a member of the APC and will never be a member of the party.”
Fayose stressed the significance of always speaking the truth and remaining independent of any political affiliations.
I am not a member of the APC and never will be. My admiration for Tinubu has never been concealed. But, I think the 2023 presidential election is free and fair, and I have a right to express my opinions.
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I have no interest in ever running for a political office again. What am I going to run for at the age of 62? ‘ Even if I want to run outside of the APC. I’ve stated it many times before and will continue to say it: I can never join APC.
But I must stress that at this pivotal time in our history, Nigeria needs someone who would speak the truth.
I’ll say it again: Peter Obi is the man of the season. Although PDP was too splintered to succeed in a federal election, Asiwaju won the poll but please continue to vote and support the PDP, especially in the gubernatorial and houses of assembly elections.
“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 a procedure and the 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 NEC, 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.”
