Former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has said even though he’s a staunch supporter of president Bola Tinubu, he remains a bona-fide member of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Speaking with state house correspondent after meeting with Tinubu on Thursday, Fayose said he won’t resign his membership of the opposition party.
Fayose and other top PDP members, including five governors at the time worked against the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the build up to the last general election and during the polls proper.
He, however, said all that was in the past and electioneering was over, adding that it was time focus on governance and make the country work.
He said “But it’s no more time for campaigning or selling a political party, it is time to govern Nigeria for the benefit of children yet unborn and those of us that are still here and to equally let you know that I had a very wonderful time with the President.
He affirmed that although he and some opposition party leaders such as Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde and former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, are working with Tinubu, he can never join the All Progressives Congress as he remains a member of the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party.
The former Governor said “I will never be a member of the APC. I am a PDP man. If anything takes me out of the PDP or if I don’t do partisan politics again, I will be the husband of my wife at home.
“It is not a matter of party, Nigeria is bigger than all political parties and all interest groups. You don’t have to take an appointment to make a difference.
“Nigeria is about 200 million population, we all can’t be on the appointment, whosoever makes it, either in the APC or in the attempt to have a government of national unity, it’s all about service.”
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