Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) pathway to victory in the 2023 polls is filled with many impediments and obstacles. <\/p>\n
Speaking on Thursday during an interview with Channels Television, Fayose said Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), could affect the chances of the PDP. <\/p>\n
Obi had dumped the PDP in May for LP and clinched the party\u2019s presidential ticket.<\/p>\n
In 2019, the former Anambra governor was PDP\u2019s vice-presidential candidate while Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, was the presidential candidate.<\/p>\n
The participation of Obi in the 2023 presidential election under LP has sparked conjectures that the votes of the PDP may be divided in the 2023 election.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the development, Fayose said the former Anambra governor may not secure the needed 25 percent of votes in two-third of the states to be declared winner.<\/p>\n
The former Ekiti governor asked the PDP to negotiate with Obi, and also resolve the crisis in the party by reconciling with the camp of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, in order to win the presidency.<\/p>\n
\u201cObi is a danger to watch out for. I don\u2019t believe Obi will make 25 percent of votes in two-third of the states of the federation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not against Obi. I love him and he is a very vibrant leader. I don\u2019t believe he will get the required 25 percent of votes because of my permutations as Ayodele Fayose, but with God, nothing shall be impossible.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me say Obi is more of a chronic cancer to PDP and there is no denying.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me give you an analysis. In south-west, people might not like to hear that, I don\u2019t see how PDP will win. Anybody deceiving us can continue to deceive us.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t see how PDP will win in the south-east. South-south will be a combination of all interests. Let me come to the key states of the north.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout deceiving ourselves, there is so much work to do in the north-central. PDP and APC did not pick any candidate, either presidential or vice-presidential, from the north-central. The north-east is where the vice-presidential candidate of APC comes from.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will give Adamawa state to our party. Don\u2019t forget there is still another Kwankwaso who is a semi-cancer that can equally upstage figures in the north.<\/p>\n
\u201cReconciling or negotiating with Obi will be a good thing and finding a way to make peace with these Wike people will be a good thing too.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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