The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Dr Wole Oluyede, has applauded the party for deciding to expel former governor Ayodele Fayose.
The Australia-based medical doctor, while speaking to newsmen after the party’s stakeholders’ meeting in Ado-Ekiti, asserted that Fayose must take responsibility for undermining the party in the last three years.
Oluyede stated that the party will not allow Fayose to destroy the structure being built by its leaders to ensure the PDP wins the 2026 governorship election in Ekiti.
He boasted that the PDP in the state remains intact, united, and stronger than before, despite Fayose’s alleged anti-party activities.
Oluyede called on the Tunji Odeyemi-led State Executive to set up a reconciliation committee to address aggrieved aspirants who lost the primary election to him, as well as party members who are disgruntled for one reason or another.
According to him, “Parties always have issues anywhere in the world, that’s why they are called political parties, but I have no issues with the national crisis. I am not running for national office; all I need is Ekiti people behind me, and that’s what we are going to get.
“If you have been a leader for eight years and people depend on you, you shouldn’t sell them short. He (Fayose) has a choice; he can come back, and we will welcome him.
“But if he chooses to stay out and say he will bulldoze the party, we will not allow him. If he throws dirt at us, we will send it back. Nobody builds a house and then brings a bulldozer to destroy it.
“Thank God, he hasn’t been able to pull us down. We are building. We are getting stronger. There is no faction in this party.”
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