Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, said he won’t step down for ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar; ex-Senate President, Bukola Saraki; or any consensus presidential candidate agreed by the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2023 general elections.
According to the 62-year-old former governor, the idea of consensus is undemocratic, adding that both Atiku and Saraki were All Progressives Congress runaway politicians who came back to the PDP when the going was rough for them in the APC.Saraki, from Kwara State in North-Central Nigeria, has been going around, spearheading the move for a consensus candidate amongst PDP northern aspirants including Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed; as well as his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal.
However, Fayose insisted that it was the turn of the South to govern Nigeria in 2023 and not another northern president to replace Major General Muhammadu Buhari , who is from Katsina State in Nigeria’s terror-ravaged North-West zone and whose two-term tenure would elapse in May 2023.The ex-Ekiti governor said, “I saw those going around for consensus. Who will step down for who? You ask me to step down? I won’t step down.
“They said they want all of us to come for consensus. I have taken form today; I am not going to step down. Who knows if it is me Nigerians want to vote for? Do you know the minds of Nigerians?
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