Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti, and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said he did not work for his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar during the last Presidential elections.
Fayose owing to the conflict he had with the party, added that he cannot support a party that suspended him and his son, despite the fact he “suffered tremendously” for it.
Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Sunday, Fayose said his support for Tinubu was based on the principle that it is the turn of the southern region of the country to produce the president.
Fayose said, “I worked against him (Atiku) 100 per cent. Nigeria is bigger than the PDP, APC and even Asiwaju (Tinubu) himself. Let us call a spade a spade. I am not a man that will hide my action. If PDP doesn’t need me again, they cannot say I cannot live.
“The reality is that I worked for Asiwaju. He is a respectable person from the south-west. It is the time of the South.
“The same PDP, because I said it was the turn of the south, they dissolved the party excos, suspended and expelled my son alongside myself.
“But I love the PDP even though the party has not been fair to me. I am a principled man. So, let me say to you, I never worked for PDP during the last election. I am not a liar or a pretender. I did not work for PDP.
“I remained a member of the PDP except the PDP said Fayose, we don’t want you anymore. Then they have set me free of the yoke. But in all sincerity, it is a party that I believe in, subscribe to and wants to stay forever. I will never join the APC.”
Fayose said young people should be given a chance in the cabinet of Tinubu, noting that the future of the young people in the country had been “stolen”, adding that it is important they are given the opportunity to serve.
“I’m not looking for a position. I will never take it (referring to ministerial appointments),” he said.
“If I want to be honest with you, any of us that have reached the age of 65 and above, Asiwaju should tell us to go and bring our children.
“Already, their future had been stolen. The future of these young people had already been stolen,” he added.