- PDP said Fayose became embittered and disgruntled because his move to hijack the structure of the party in the state was thwarted.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has decried the recent attack on the party by Ekiti State’s former governor, Ayodele Fayose.
Fayose while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, said the PDP is in a mess and the party is beyond salvation or redemption.
He also said he does not care whether the PDP sees him as a betrayer for supporting President Bola Tinubu.
Reacting to his remark, the PDP in Ekiti State said Fayose no longer has any political relevance, adding that he became embittered and disgruntled because his move to hijack the structure of the party in the state was thwarted.
The PDP expressed its disgust at Fayose’s unpleasant characterisation of the party in a statement on Saturday by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of PDP in Ekiti State, Dare Adeleke,
Adeleke stated that Fayose has continued to belittle and betray the party that made him governor twice, asking him to rather leave PDP than ridicule the party in public.
He alleged that “Fayose’s reason for betraying the party was after his attempts to take over the party structure in Ekiti were resisted by leaders and members”.
Adeleke argued that the former governor has lost political relevance in the state, which he said has made it difficult for people, especially party officials and leaders, to join him in undermining the PDP in Ekiti.
“Why has Fayose refused to leave the same party he repeatedly described as a carcass and dead entity?
“Eventually, he admitted he was a bitter and disgruntled man who betrayed his own party simply because he didn’t get what he wanted. He is like a soldier who repeatedly sells secrets to the enemy and then complains about not getting promoted, Fayose wants rewards from the same party he undermines.
“He admitted on air that he supported Tinubu because he’s his friend and kinsman, as if Nigeria now runs on tribal sentiment and is ruled by clannish association, not merit.
“The fact is that Fayose lobbied for control of two local government executives and was rightly denied. If Fayose were truly as politically influential as he claims, he would have moved the PDP’s structure in Ekiti to the APC or ADC. But not one ward or LGA chairman has followed him.”
Adeleke expressed optimism that PDP would capture the state from the ruling APC government in next year’s poll, saying, “I assure Fayose, the father and grandfather of betrayal, that the PDP, which he now refers to as ‘they,’ remains strong. We will mobilise true party loyalists, not his APC and ADC-bound jokers who will remain irrelevant back-benchers.
“Let it be known, the PDP will win Ekiti State and I am emphatic about this.”