…We’ll punish Sheriff, Fayose fumes

By Rotimi Ojomoyela

The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose,  yesterday declared that even though the embattled former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and members of his faction might have been forgiven, they would not go unpunished for causing the party members so much pains.

Fayose, who spoke in Ado Ekiti yesterday said he would have burnt his membership card and the PDP  flag if Sheriff had won  at the supreme court  last Wednesday.

Fayose, who had been the most vociferous critic of Sheriff’s leadership in the party, said he went to court with a perfume with the sinister intention to destroy his card and the party’s flag if  Sheriff  had won, saying “ I never imagined myself being, in the same party with impostors”.

The Supreme Court had in a judgement on who was the authentic Chairman of the party declared the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction the authentic leadership, laying to rest  crisis of several months that had done colossal damage to the party.

Ayodele Fayose

The governor said with the victory, President Muhammadu Buhari and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo would be defeated in the 2019 presidential poll, saying efforts will be stepped up to revive the party and fortify it the more to be able to play its opposition roles.

“I went to court with a perfume which I wanted to use to spray my cards and party flags and set them ablaze even within the court premises  if Sheriff had won, that was why I went to court.

“Though, I believe that we remain the same PDP family but no one can cause our party such pains and embarrassment and expect that he would go without being asked to account for his actions. “Even the reactions of Sheriff’s  men show that we remain together. But the no victor, no vanquished that we said was a mere political slogan. Whoever that participated in this charade must show some reasonable level of  remorse for their actions”, he said.

He said the party would henceforth begin serious mobilization drives up to the grassroots level with efforts to re-energize the party to be able to defeat President Buhari  and his Deputy in one swell swoop.

When asked about his presidential ambition, Fayose retorted that; “It is still much alive. I am an early starter and that has been my style of politics. In 2003, I started earlier and I defeated Otunba Niyi Adebayo and likewise Dr Kayode Fayemi  in 2014.

“I want to tell you that the APC won’t return to the Villa. We shall defeat both Buhari and Osinbajo, we are removing the two together and I want you to believe this.

“When I talk, people would say I always pose like a Nostradamus, a man who can see tomorrow. Whether they like it or not, I shall be in the Villa in 2019,  so my ambition is very much alive”, Fayose stated.