APC has accepted defeat, says Fayose
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti, yesterday, said the ego of All Progressives Congress (APC) has been deflated, as it has tactically conceded defeat few days to the March 28 presidential election.
Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti, Fayose said the fact that the North, as a political bloc, is making a sudden u-turn – having realised that General Muhammadu Buhari would be made to shortchange the region – had rattled the APC.
Fayose also disclosed that the issue of health of Buhari had become worrisome to the Northern caucus, which did not want to forget in a hurry the Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua saga.
According to the governor, the APC was forced to cancel presidential rallies in Kaduna and Enugu because Buhari was not yet physically and mentally fit to go for any rally.
The governor said that, while Buhari was still recuperating in a
London hospital, he had to come back home due to pressure mounted on him by certain leaders of his party who wanted to douse the growing apprehension by Nigerians over Buhari’s state of health.
Fayose also noted that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his supporters were already retracing their steps back to PDP and that the North had seen the deceit in APC South-West leaders in pushing forward Buhari, even against the man’s interest.
“We thank the APC for conceding defeat in the coming elections. At least, they, for the first time, appear realistic. General Buhari’s insistence that he must be allowed to attend to his health is commendable.
“It is glaring that he needs to rest and not waste energy on a failed project. The man has been abandoned by those who claim to be his backers and Buhari’s people have told him the bitter truth: That they would prefer to wait for another four years than to get trapped by some selfish South-West leaders for eight years.
“The preoccupation of the APC now is how to retain the APC- controlled states and prevent the PDP from capturing them. .
“The tactical withdrawal of people like Atiku, Kwakwanso and the battle for survival by Tinubu and Amaechi in Lagos and Rivers have woken up General Buhari to the politics of deceit that some are luring him to.
“While PDP leaders are confidently traversing the country meeting Nigerians and getting their support, APC leaders are held up in their hideouts. Who among them is canvassing support for Buhari now? Tinubu, for instance, is only pre-occupied with his aim of maintaining his stranglehold on Lagos’ resources by putting another stooge in the
Government House, Ikeja, but this time around, he has failed woefully.
“Kudos to patriotic Nigerians and Northern leaders who have seen the deceit called APC and refused the bait flaunt at them. APC is a dead horse, no amount of flogging can wake it up,” he said.
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Which supporters is fayose referring to? Atiku clearly stated days back that he is wholly committed to APC, he has 80% of his media team presently working for Buhari’s campaign.
Fayose is a political busybody who shouldn’t be taken seriously by anyone. This is a guy who abused his mother just to score cheap political falsehood. He is not worth listening to.
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