Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has predicted a dismal performance for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2027 general elections, declaring that the opposition party could finish in fourth place.
Speaking on Friday during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Fayose said the opposition party has been weakened by infighting and the marginalisation of its core leaders.
“You know the situation of our party today, and it is in my prayer that the PDP does not come fourth in the coming elections,” he said.
“When I came here, I said the party was already going into carcass.
“Pretenders can pretend, but you know that managing the party has become an issue; everybody in that party today is doing to your tent, o Israel.
”Today, I am telling you the PDP will come fourth in the general elections. In most states, they are already compromised.
“They have eased out so many leaders. It’s good for them, but let me remind you, I was part of the G5.”.
The former governor said the PDP has become a shell of its former self, citing the exit of key figures.
“In the same PDP, the presidential candidate has left, the vice-presidential candidate has left, senators have left, and governors have left,” he said.
Fayose said his absence at the party’s last national executive committee (NEC) meeting was because he had been sidelined despite receiving an invitation.
The former governor also claimed that President Bola Tinubu remains the fastest route for the north to reclaim power after his tenure.
He recalled a past conversation with the president, during which Tinubu described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the “shortest political link between the north and the south”.
“I recall he told me that the shortest distance between the north and the south is APC,” Fayose said.
“I could not understand at the time because he told me that after Buhari’s four years, anybody should be able to wait for another four years.
“So, zoning to the south by the PDP is good for them because today Tinubu is the shortest distance for power to return to the north.”
Fayose said he has not dumped the PDP but remains open to aligning with any political platform.
