- He said PDP has been stripped to the bone and has been reduced to a carcass following the gale of defection that has hit the party in recent times.
Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been severely weakened by the exodus of its stalwarts and bigwigs due to the perennial leadership crisis bedevilling it.
He even asserted that the party will perform woefully in the coming general elections as it will come fourth because its structures have been compromised across states.
Fayose, who spoke on Friday while appearing on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, said PDP has been stripped to the bone and has been reduced to a carcass following the gale of defection that has hit the party in recent times.
On whether he’s trusted within the PDP fold, Fayose said he never cared about being trusted.
“Today, I’m telling you, a PDP will come fourth in the general elections. The PDP will come forth. In most states, they’re already compromised; they have eased out so many leaders. It’s good for them.”
“On whether I’m trusted or not, I don’t have to be trusted. That’s their problem. You know the situation of our party today. And it’s in my prayer that the PDP does not come fourth in the coming election,” Fayose said
He said the situation of the PDP is grave, noting that people who pretend about the real state of affairs of the party know that it is in a terrible condition.
He stated that the party’s 101st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, which was held on Thursday, won’t do much to change the parlous and precarious situation of the party, adding that not even a convention can reverse the damage that has been done to the party.
“You know, when I came here, I said the party was already going into a carcass. And if you recall very well, the majority of people who have defected after my coming here are huge enough and have left the PDP in a carcass. The situation in PDP, pretenders can pretend but you know that the PDP had messed up. Managing the party has become an issue.
“I’m not somebody who hides, and I would never hide. Number 1, in the same PDP, the former Vice President had left, the vice presidential candidate had left, the governors had left, senators had left. So, even when you have an NEC or a convention, to where? To what end?” he stated
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