The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, yesterday
said he would have burnt his membership card and the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) flag if Senator Ali Modu Sheriff had won at the
supreme court on Wednesday.
Fayose, who had been the most vociferous critic of
Sheriff’s leadership in the party, said he went to court with a perfume
with the sinister intention to destroy his card and the party’s flag if the
delegitimised Chairman had won.
He stressed “ I never imagined myself being in the same
party with impostors”.
The Supreme Court had in a judgement on who was the
authentic Chairman of the party declared the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction the
genuine leadership, laying to rest crisis of several months that had
done colossal damage to the party.
Fayose, who spoke in Ado Ekiti on Friday during ‘his
triumphant entry into Ekiti from Abuja’, pointed out that Sheriff and
members of his faction had been forgiven but won’t go scot-free for
causing the party members so much pangs and pains.
The governor said with the victory, President Muhammadu
Buhari and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo would be defeated in the 2019 presidential poll, saying efforts will be stepped up to revive the party
and fortify it the more to be able to play its opposition roles.
“I went to court with a perfume which I wanted to use to
spray my cards and party flags and set them ablaze even within the court premises if Sheriff had won, that was why I went to court.
“Though, I believe that we remain the same PDP family but no
one can cause our party such pains and embarrassment and expect that he
would go without be asked to account for his actions.
“Even the reactions of Sheriff people shows that we remain
together. But the no victor, no vanquished that we said was a mere
political slogan. Whoever that participated in this charade must show some reasonable
level of remorse for their actions”, he said.
He said the party would henceforth begin serious
mobilization drives up to the grassroots level with efforts to reenergize
the party to be able to defeat President Buhari and his Deputy in one swell
swoop.
“Our party had ever remained one indissoluble family, which
is PDP.It was only these impostors that were causing troubles but such
had been laid to rest.
“PDP is a formidable force and we shall work up to the
grassroots level to convince our people that we are up to the task of
rebuilding this nation and win election in 2019”, he added.
When asked about his presidential ambition, Fayose retorted
that; “It is still much alive. I am an early starter and that has been my
style of politics. In 2003, I started earlier and I defeated Otunba Niyi
Adebayo and likewise Dr Kayode Fayemi in 2014.
“I want to tell you that the APC won’t return to the Villa.
We shall defeat both Buhari and Osinbajo, we are removing the two together
and I want you to believe this.
“When I talk, people would say I always pose like a
Nostradamus, a man who can see tomorrow. Whether they like it or not, I shall
be in the Villa in 2019, so my ambition is very much alive”, Fayose stated.
By Emmanuel Ani
