Fayose Says More PDP Govs Will Defect

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Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has predicted that three more governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will soon defect from the opposition party.

Fayose made the revelation on Wednesday during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, while reacting to the recent resignation of Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri from the PDP.

According to him, the internal crisis rocking the party may soon reduce its number of governors to just five.

“Let me tell you, there are three more governors that will leave soon. There will be five remaining. The five remaining, one of them will struggle to catch the ticket, and they all know that the ticket is an ordinary tissue paper,” Fayose said.

He accused some PDP governors of weakening the party through their desire to dominate its structure.

“They are largely killing the party because they want to control it. This is what happened in 2023,” he added.

Fayose dismissed allegations that President Bola Tinubu has been pressuring opposition governors to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that most defections are driven by self-interest.

“President Tinubu should not be blamed for PDP’s problems. The PDP is sick and remains perpetually sick without a cure in view,” he stated.

The former governor attributed the party’s woes to internal sabotage by some of its leaders.

“Those who killed the party know themselves. There is a difference between a former governor and a sitting governor,” Fayose said.

Although he remains a PDP member, Fayose maintained that he has no obligation to help resolve the crisis, saying the current leaders must take responsibility for the party’s predicament.

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