Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti, says three moregovernors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) arepreparing to leave the opposition party. Fayose spoke on Wednesday during an interview on ‘PoliticsToday’, a Channels Television programme, while reacting to the defection ofDouye Diri, governor of Bayelsa, from the PDP. He warned that internal crises within the opposition partymay soon leave it with just five governors. Fayose described the party’s presidential and governorshiptickets as “ordinary tissue paper” lacking political value. “Let me tell you, there are three more governors that willleave soon,” Fayose said. “There will be five remaining. The five remaining, one ofthem will struggle to catch the ticket, and they all know that the ticket is anordinary tissue paper.” He accused some PDP governors of destroying the party byseeking to control its internal structure. “They are largely killing the party because they want tocontrol it. This is what happened in 2023,” he added. Fayose dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu isforcing opposition governors to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to him, the defectors are motivated by personalambition rather than external pressure. “President Tinubu should not be blamed for PDP’s problems,”he said. “The PDP is sick and remains perpetually sick without a curein view.” He alleged that the party’s woes were caused by internalsabotage, saying those responsible for its collapse are well known. “Those who killed the party know themselves,” Fayose added. “I’m still a member of the PDP, but it’s not my duty to fixwhat I didn’t break.”
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