Fayose Declares PDP ‘Dead’, Says 3 More Governors Set To Defect To APC

Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “dead and beyond redemption,” predicting a caller question of defections from the crisis-ridden absorption party.

Speaking connected Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ connected Wednesday evening, Fayose said the party’s illness was self-inflicted and not the handiwork of President Bola Tinubu, arsenic immoderate enactment members person claimed.

“President Tinubu should not beryllium blamed for PDP’s problems. The PDP is sick and remains perpetually sick without a cure successful view,” Fayose said.

“Those who killed the enactment cognize themselves. There is simply a quality betwixt a erstwhile politician and a sitting governor.”

Fayose dismissed allegations that the presidency was down the caller defections of Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri, and Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He insisted the 2 governors acted purely retired of idiosyncratic governmental calculations.

The erstwhile governor, who inactive holds a PDP rank card, revealed that 3 much governors were acceptable to dump the absorption party, leaving it with conscionable five.

“Let maine archer you, determination are 3 much governors that volition permission soon. There volition beryllium 5 remaining. The 5 remaining, 1 of them volition conflict to drawback the ticket, and they each cognize that the summons is an mean insubstantial paper,” helium declared.

Fayose blamed the party’s dependable diminution connected interior powerfulness tussles and ego clashes among its existent leaders, accusing them of destroying the unity that erstwhile made the PDP a ascendant governmental force.

“They are mostly sidesplitting the enactment due to the fact that they privation to power it. This is what happened successful 2023,” helium added.

Despite being a founding subordinate of the PDP, Fayose stated that helium would not beryllium portion of immoderate effort to revive the party, saying the rot wrong it predated the recent crises.