Fayose
Insists He Is going Straight To Aso Villa come 2019
The Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, has insisted that he is going straight to the Aso Villa as Nigeria’s next president come 2019 presidential election.
The Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, has insisted that he is going straight to the Aso Villa as Nigeria’s next president come 2019 presidential election.
This is even
as the National Publicity Secretary of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has warned Fayose to
jettison his presidential ambition under the party, maintaining that PDP has
zoned the presidential ticket to the north.
Governor
Fayose had written to the party, intimating it of his decision to run for the
2019 presidency while flying its ticket.
GovernorFayose had, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday through his special assistant on
public communications and new media, Mr Lere Olayinka, said that, “I’m going
straight to that Villa. I’m the next president.”
Fayose had
first made public his intention to run for the presidency some weeks back where
he said he has a penchant for taking powers out peoples’ hands, adding that he
would take that of President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to
him, “I have a penchant for taking powers; that one in President Muhammadu
Buhari’s hand, I will take it.”
However, to
make his decision formal, the Ekiti state Governor wrote some letters to PDP
leaders, to inform them of his ambition and to garner their support.
In the
letter, Fayose said he wishes to contest the presidency under PDP not with
“prejudice to our party’s position but in the overall interest of the party and
our country.”
He said, “It
is with a deep sense of responsibility that I write to inform you of my
intention to seek the ticket/mandate of our party to contest the 2019
presidential election.
“Considering
your support and commitment towards our great party, Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), it becomes imperative to keep you informed and seek your support.
Governor
Fayose also said in the letter that “I urge that all hands should be on deck to
ensure victory at the 2019 presidential election.
“Accept the
assurances of my highest regards as a determined presidential hopeful.”
However,
the National Publicity Secretary of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has warned him not to waste
his time romancing the presidential ambition under the party because PDP had
zoned the ticket to the north. Prince Adeyeye also urged Fayose not to
disrespect the decision of the party.
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