The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has advised outgoing Governor Ayo Fayos to look elsewhere for political sanctuary, should he jump out of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Chief Paul Omotoso, Chairman of the party in the state, gave the advice in a statement on Tuesday in Ado Ekiti.
âFayose should not think of moving from PDP to APC until he clears himself of several criminal cases hanging on his neck,â Omotoso stated.
But, the governor, in a swift reaction, vowed he would never leave PDP for APC, advising the ruling party to bury the notion.
Omotoso was reacting to reports quoting Fayose as threatening to leave the PDP.
Fayose had threatened to leave the PDP in protest over the outcome of the partyâs primary election which gave former Vice President Atiku Abubakar the PDP presidential ticket over Fayoseâs choice, Aminu Tambuwal, the Sokoto State governor.
Tambuwal came second with 693 votes, conceding the ticket to Abubakar, who scored 1,532 votes at the National Convention held on Saturday in Port Harcourt. 12 aspirants battled for the ticket.
Omotoso, in his reaction to Fayoseâs outburst, advised him to conclude his court cases before contemplating to join APC.
âWe want to tell the world that the APC will not provide sanctuary for criminal suspects, political prostitutes and lepers.
âWe will never admit such character to this party and we advise Fayose to play his `politics of destructionâ somewhere else.
âFayoseâs prosecution on the alleged poultry project fraud resumes on November 4, 2018.
âFayose cannot turn Ekiti APC to a haven and sanctuary for criminal suspects. He should forget any plan to smear Ekiti APC with criminal records
âAPC is a political party bounded by common ideals of integrity, openness, discipline and commitment to common goals of progressive governance; Fayose does not possess or believe in these attributes as can be seen from his style of politics and governance
âFayose, 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.
âFayose is coming to destroy our party and ensure President Buhari does not get a second term in 2019. We wonât allow Fayoseâs evil plan to materialiseâ, he said.
Omotoso warned all ward chairmen, where Fayose lives and runs his businesses, against accepting him into the party.
âOur party is not a sanctuary for criminal suspects, political lepers and serial destroyers of the parties they once belonged to.
âNo ward chairman should open talks with Fayose until such ward chairman clears with the party leadership at the state level,â he stated.
In his reaction, Fayose stated: âAPC my foot! I will never have anything to do with APC.
âFor the partyâs leaders to be saying that Fayose is coming to APC amounts to unnecessary dissipation of energy.
âI will never, ever, go to APC and will never ever have anything to do with the party.â
