Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said he will not join the APC, advising the party to bury the notion.
He stated this while reacting to a statement by the Ekiti Chairman of APC, Paul Omotoso, which said he was not wanted in the party.
Fayose said, “APC my foot! l will never have anything to do with APC. For the party’s leaders to be saying that Fayose is coming to the APC amounts to unnecessary dissipation of their energy. I will never ever go to the APC and will never ever have anything to do with the party.”
Recall, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Paul Omotoso, and the chairmen of all wards in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government in Ekiti State and those in 13 wards of Ado Ekiti, have told Fayose to perish the thought of joining the APC until he clears himself of several criminal cases hanging on his neck.
The governor had on Monday hinted that he might leave the Peoples Democratic Party “if the need arises.”
But Omotosho, according to a statement by the state’s Publicity Secretary, Ade Ajayi, advised the outgoing governor to conclude his court cases bordering on alleged crimes before contemplating to join the APC.
He said, “We want to prove to the world that the APC will not provide sanctuary for criminal suspects, political prostitutes and lepers. We will never admit such character to this party and we advise Fayose to play his politics of destruction somewhere else.
“Fayose’s criminal prosecution on the 2005 poultry project fraud resumes on November 4, 2018. Fayose cannot turn Ekiti APC to a haven and sanctuary for criminal suspects and we advise him to forget any plan to smear Ekiti APC with criminal records.
“The APC is a political party bounded by common ideals of integrity, openness, discipline and commitment to common goal of progressive governance, which Fayose does not possess or believe as can be seen from his style of politics and governance.
“Fayose over the years abused, disrespected and openly denigrated President Muhammadu Buhari, the leader of our party who is also the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Fayose is coming to destroy our party and ensure President Buhari does not get a second term in 2019 and we won’t allow Fayose’s evil plan to materialise.”
Stating that on no account would Fayose be admitted into the APC, Omotosho warned all ward chairmen against accepting him into the party.
He said, “Our party is not a sanctuary for criminal suspects, political lepers and serial destroyers of the parties they once belonged.
“We hereby warn ward chairmen where Fayose lives or runs his business against admitting him to our great party.
“We hereby state clearly that no ward chairman must open talks with Fayose until such ward chairman clears with the party leadership at the state level.”
He added, “The APC is looking for builders and not destroyers in its fold. We will not accept this destroyer in our great party, the APC, and we advise Fayose to look elsewhere towards his promoters outside the state so that he can destroy the cohesion of the party in the backyards of those promoters.”