The Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described former governor Ayodele Fayose as a betrayer.
The party further warned Fayose to rather leave PDP than ridiculing the party in public.
This is coming hours after Fayose during his appearance on Channels TV claimed that PDP is dead.
Condemning Fayose’s comment in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Saturday, the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of PDP in Ekiti State, Dare Adeleke, stated that Fayose has repeatedly betrayed the party that made him governor twice.
Adeleke maintained that the former governor’s actions in the last few years, especially his consistent endorsement of the APC government in the state, were acts of betrayal that would no longer be condoned.
He alleged that “Fayose’s reason for betraying the party was after his attempts to takeover 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 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 was truly as politically influential as he claims, he would have moved PDP’s structure in Ekiti to 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 mobilize 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.”
