LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY0)-Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose has indicated that he might use another political platform to prosecute his succession battle during the 2018 governorship poll in the state.
The governor, who gave the indication in Ikere-Ekiti while meeting with the members of the Suppliers’ Association of Nigeria, Ikere chapter, however, said he is yet to settle for any of the political parties registered with the INEC.
He said, “I don’t know the platform I will use for the 2018 election yet and at the appropriate time, I will tell you.
“We are still studying the situation. We have to play the game left, right and centre and whoever we are going to use and the platform, you will all be part of the process because party politics is about the people.
Fayose, who condemned the alleged monetization of the just-concluded governorship election in Ondo state, warned the ruling APC not to dream of capturing Ekiti in the 2018 governorship election as the party did in Ondo state last Saturday.
“You all saw how people sold their votes in Ondo state, I am confident that that will not happen in Ekiti. I am close to the people, you are the source of my strength. Even if it requires just 48 hours to any election, if I tell you where to go, you will surely follow me there.”
Fayose also declared that the emergence of Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo guber poll does not in any way threaten the supremacy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti state.
He added that Akeredolu’s emergence did not confer legitimacy on the poll or lent credence to the fact that Ondo electorates had voted rightly.
“APC will be fooling itself if it thinks it will conquer Ekiti like it did in Ondo . Ekiti is a peculiar place and I am the man on ground here. I want to assure my supporters and Nigerians that APC won’t win a local government here in 2018, even if President Muhammadu Buhari moves down all the money in the federal government’s TSA.
“Governor Olusegun Mimiko and Eyitayo Jegede must have lost in Ondo State, but that does not mean the people had voted rightly. In 2015, people clamoured for change and what have we got now? Nigerians are becoming poorer than ever.
“Today, I am the only one among the APC governors in the Southwest. I am now like the nation of Israel surrounded by enemies, but I shall defeat and triumph over them.
“APC has never defeated me in any battle, either political or legal. Whether they like it or not, I will win in Ekiti no matter the animosity, because I have the people behind me”, Fayose said.