Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State, has revealed that three more governors elected on the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) platform will soon abandon the opposition party.
Fayose made the remark on Wednesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, following Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri’s recent defection from the PDP.
According to him, the opposition party may soon be left with only five governors as internal crises continue to plague its ranks.
“Let me tell you, there are three more governors that will leave soon. There will be five remaining. Of the five remaining, one of them will struggle to catch the ticket, and they all know that the ticket is an ordinary tissue paper,” Fayose said.
The former Ekiti State governor accused some PDP governors of contributing to the party’s decline due to their desire to control its structure.
“They are largely killing the party because they want to control it. This is what happened in 2023,” he added.
Fayose refuted claims that President Bola Tinubu has been coercing opposition governors to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He argued that most of the defecting governors are acting out of self-interest and political calculation.
“President Tinubu should not be blamed for PDP’s problems. The PDP is sick and remains perpetually sick without a cure in view,” he stated.
He maintained that the crisis within the PDP is the result of internal sabotage by some of its leaders.
“Those who killed the party know themselves. There is a difference between a former governor and a sitting governor,” Fayose said.
Although he is still a PDP member, Fayose has stated that he has no responsibility for resolving the crisis, insisting that the party’s current leaders accept responsibility for their actions.
