The governor had yesterday hinted on his plan to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while expressing dissatisfaction at the just-concluded presidential primaries of PDP.
In a swift reaction, the party’s state chairman, Paul Omotoso, chairmen of all wards in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government in Ekiti State and those in 13 wards of Ado-Ekiti where the governor lives and runs his business told him to forget his plans to dump PDP to join APC until he clears himself of several criminal cases hanging on his neck.
APC in a statement issued by its state publicity secretary, Hon Ade Ajayi, advised the outgoing governor to conclude his court cases bordering on sundry alleged crimes before contemplating to join APC.
He said: “We want to prove to the world that 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 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.”
Omotoso told Fayose that APC “is a political party bonded 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.
He added: “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”.
Omotoso who said on no account would Fayose be admitted into the APC urged the governor to look elsewhere for a political party that he will destroy after destroying three national political parties when he found it difficult to control the parties.
“Fayose said many times that he would destroy APC. He destroyed Labour Party (LP), All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) People’s Progressive Alliance (PPA) and at a time he also destroyed PDP before his current activities that led to the present sorry state of PDP in Ekiti State.
“APC is looking for builders and not destroyers in its fold. We will not accept this destroyer in our great party APC and we advised 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,” Omotoso said.
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