Get Guardian on GoogleA former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has vowed not to support the People’s Democratic Party flagbearer during the 2023 Presidential Elections, Atiku Abubakar if he decides to contest for president in 2027.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, Fayose said he worked against Atiku in 2023 and he would not hesitate to do it a second time.
Fayose said, “I publicly worked against Atiku, and I am saying for the second time, if Atiku comes again, I will work against him. It is time to learn our lesson”.
The former governor also described the coalition of opposition political parties aspiring to kick President Bola Tinubu out of office in 2027 as a dead horse.
“Their coalition is a dead horse ab initio. Tell me one positive person, well-respected Nigerians that has given his voice in support of this coalition,” said Fayose.
Atiku and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, who recently decamped to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), spearhead the coalition.
Fayose, however, opined that the coalition would fail because PDP governors are not on Atiku’s side.
“If anybody is fighting out of issues with his party, he can resolve that with his party. The (PDP) governors’ actions and statement in Ibadan is to tell Atiku that we are not with you, we are going nowhere, we have our own identity.
“So, that coalition is just in the imagination of people trying to bring it to fruition. So, let me say to you, it’s a waste of time,” he said.
