Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Fayose, who made this known when he appeared as a guest on a television programme, also disclosed his decision to quit partisan politics.
In his words “Let me say this, from today (yesterday) I stay off PDP. In party politics there are certain facts you must be able to speak. I am 62 and I can’t, at this age, begin lying. When something is wrong with your family, confess.”
The former governor, who claimed to have fought for the interest of the party over the years, blamed the loss of the PDP in the presidential election on the leadership of the party.
According to him, PDP was already fractured before the election, with so many aggrieved aspirants whom were allegedly swindled by the leadership of the party on one hand and the inability of the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to reach an agreement with the G-5 governors.
“I warned Atiku that the problem will consume PDP. I told him there was danger ahead”, he said, adding that the G-5 governors demanded that Atiku make an official announcement to run for only one term and hand over to any member in the south but “Ayu was leading Atiku to Golgotha.”
