Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, Former Governor of Ekiti State and Presidential Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ayodele Fayose has vowed that he would not step down for any Presidential Aspirant in the opposition party.
He made this known while reacting to the plot by some Northern Aspirants including Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Foremost Banking Guru, Dr. Mohammed Hayatudeen, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and His Sokoto State Counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal to present a Consensus Candidate.
Fayose who Insisted that it is the turn of the South to produce the Nigeria’s Next President urged the Leadership of the party to respect the call for power shift.
Speaking further, the Ex-Governor disclosed Two Northerners that caused the defeat of the Ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015.
Fayose stated that the duo of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a Former Vice-president and 2019 PDP Presidential Candidate and a Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki were responsible for Jonathan’s Defeat during the March 2015 Presidential Election.
He added that the PDP would have won the Election if Atiku and Saraki didn’t leave the party. It will be recalled that Atiku and Saraki who are both Founding Members of the PDP Decamped to the APC in 2014 but later returned to the PDP in April 2018.
Fayose revealed that they joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a bid to secure the Party’s Presidential Ticket but later returned home to the PDP after the ruling APC failed them.
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