Why I Rejected Tinubu’s Appointment Offer – Fayose

Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has revealed that helium turned down an connection of assignment from President Bola Tinubu, citing a tendency to absorption connected his idiosyncratic beingness aft decades successful progressive politics.

Fayose made the revelation connected Wednesday during an interrogation connected Channels Television’s existent affairs programme ‘Politics Today’.

The erstwhile governor, who is simply a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said though helium maintains a long-standing idiosyncratic narration with President Tinubu, helium has nary volition of joining the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) oregon taking up immoderate governmental relation nether its government.

“Have you seen maine taking appointments from the APC? Asiwaju asked me, ‘What would we springiness you?’ I said, ‘Nothing, sir,’” Fayose stated.

“At 65, I’d alternatively beryllium astatine home, being much responsible, doing different things that I request to do. I’ve served well, two-time governor, I’ve done well. Tomorrow volition clasp itself.”

Fayose stressed that his narration with Tinubu predates enactment authorities and is rooted successful communal respect alternatively than governmental alignment.

“I’ve not been with APC, but I’ve been Asiwaju’s person and member for a agelong time. That is the truth,” helium added.

Turning to the 2027 wide election, the erstwhile politician assessed the existent authorities of absorption politics, declaring that Labour Party’s statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, remains the lone absorption fig with important nationalist traction susceptible of challenging the ruling APC.

“Tell maine who would decision APC? The lone absorption that I cognize of successful Nigeria, I americium not saying that helium volition triumph Asiwaju, but the lone idiosyncratic that has traction is Obi,” Fayose said.

“Despite not being successful government, helium is the lone 1 talking and everywhere. I springiness it to him.”

Fayose further explained that his governmental decisions are guided by idiosyncratic condemnation and principle, not by the lure of governmental appointments oregon worldly gain.

He, however, declined to affirm whether Obi stands arsenic a much formidable absorption fig than erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan oregon ex-minister Rotimi Amaechi, maintaining that his absorption remained connected playing a constructive relation extracurricular partisan appointments.