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Ekiti State Governor,
Ayodele Fayose
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Ekiti State Governor Ayo
Fayose has disclosed his ambition to become Nigerian president. Fayose, who is
the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, was not
specific on when he will contest for the office of president. “It is according
to God’s will that I will one day become the president of Nigeria,” he said.
Although Fayose did not
give a timeline for the realisation of his presidential ambition, his
declaration will influence the politics of the 2019 presidency. His
interventions in his political party and issues affecting the entire country
may now be linked to his presidential ambition as he is one of the most vocal
members of the opposition .
The governor, who spoke
on Saturday in Ado Ekiti while hosting journalists to a dinner, said since the
prophesy was from God and it was very clear that he would govern the country,
the issue needed not to be debated as he was only waiting for its
manifestation.
“It was the same
prophesy that said I would return as governor of Ekiti when I was in the
trenches that predicted that I will govern the whole country. Many did not
believe the first one but it happened just as we are waiting for the
manifestation of the second one.
“Do not bother to ask me
questions as to how this will materialise, I also do not know how it will
happen but all I know is that I shall one day occupy the presidential villa,
not as a visitor but as president,” Fayose said.
He claimed to be in the
good book of most Nigerians, whom he said would always be ready to make God’s
plans for him come to pass at the appointed time. Fayose told his guests at the
dinner that he would use his position as chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum
to correct many ills of the society as well as fight the cause of the poor
masses.
He disclosed to the
gathering that the anti-graft body, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) had again frozen his personal accounts in Zenith Bank in defiance of a
court order made last month.
He said he was at the
bank’s branch in Ado-Ekiti on Friday to withdraw money in line with a
subsisting court order but was prevented from making any withdrawal from the
account.
While appreciating
journalists for their effective coverage of the Ekiti State, he advised them
not to allow themselves to be drawn into politics.Doing so, he noted, would
impugn on their integrity and make them inherit other people’s enemies.
The governor also called
on Nigerians to pray for their leaders and support them, no matter the
situation.The Lagos State chapter of the PDP declined comment on Fayose’s
presidential ambition. The chapter’s spokesman, Mr. Taofik Gani said: “I don’t
have any comment on that.” When also asked for reaction, the PDP spokesman in
the South West zone, Dapo Adeyeye declined to comment.
However, a member of the
party’s Board of Trustees and former Minister of Transportation, Chief Ebenezer
Babatope said it had never come to his knowledge that the PDP was backing
anybody to run for the presidency or that anybody could become the president of
the country through prophesy. “But Fayose is free to say whatever he likes.
This is democracy and anybody is free to express his desire,” he said.
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