I regret previously supporting Sheriff- Fayose
Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:01:am Politics
2.3K By Buchi Obichie
During a campaign stop in Ekiti State by PDP Chieftain, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, the State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, expressed remorse for having previously supported the embattled factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.
The Governor expressed concern over the current crisis rocking the party, stating that some people were only paying lip service to reconciliatory efforts, due to their own selfish interests.
Fayose said, "I must tell you that I have learnt my lessons from my past experience. I will not openly identify or campaign for a candidate any longer. As part of our great party in Ekiti, I'm assuring you that I do not have a personal candidate and God knows I have not spoken to my people about any candidate.
"We will allow God to choose for us this time by ensuring that all aspirants have a level-playing ground.
"I have learnt my lessons on Ali Modu Sheriff and I take full responsibility for the consequences. Imagine, if we have allowed him to get there, with the way he is now behaving, it would have been worse than this."
The former Chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Dokpesi, who is seeking to become the new National Chairman of the PDP, pleaded with the delegates to allow him to serve the party and return it to the winning ways.
He urged members of the party to stand and defend democracy in the country; as according to him, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has not allowed the PDP leaders to rest, since the 2015.
Categorically stating that the PDP needed "fresh and younger blood," Dokpesi also denied stepping down for a former National Vice-Chairman of the party, Chief Bode George.
He stated, "Some people have alleged that I have surrendered for our elder in the party, Chief Bode George. Let me make it categorically clear that I was born and bred in Ibadan and I do understand and appreciate the Yoruba traditions so much and so I have respect for elders.
"But there was no time that Chief Bode George and I met and discuss this issue and I did not in any way surrender the race to him. I have not stepped down for him in any way because this time we need fresh and younger blood that would have the physical and mental alertness for the job.
"I have been touring 17 states of the federation for just about a week now and I'm still strong."
The Governor expressed concern over the current crisis rocking the party, stating that some people were only paying lip service to reconciliatory efforts, due to their own selfish interests.
Fayose said, "I must tell you that I have learnt my lessons from my past experience. I will not openly identify or campaign for a candidate any longer. As part of our great party in Ekiti, I'm assuring you that I do not have a personal candidate and God knows I have not spoken to my people about any candidate.
"We will allow God to choose for us this time by ensuring that all aspirants have a level-playing ground.
"I have learnt my lessons on Ali Modu Sheriff and I take full responsibility for the consequences. Imagine, if we have allowed him to get there, with the way he is now behaving, it would have been worse than this."
The former Chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Dokpesi, who is seeking to become the new National Chairman of the PDP, pleaded with the delegates to allow him to serve the party and return it to the winning ways.
He urged members of the party to stand and defend democracy in the country; as according to him, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has not allowed the PDP leaders to rest, since the 2015.
Categorically stating that the PDP needed "fresh and younger blood," Dokpesi also denied stepping down for a former National Vice-Chairman of the party, Chief Bode George.
He stated, "Some people have alleged that I have surrendered for our elder in the party, Chief Bode George. Let me make it categorically clear that I was born and bred in Ibadan and I do understand and appreciate the Yoruba traditions so much and so I have respect for elders.
"But there was no time that Chief Bode George and I met and discuss this issue and I did not in any way surrender the race to him. I have not stepped down for him in any way because this time we need fresh and younger blood that would have the physical and mental alertness for the job.
"I have been touring 17 states of the federation for just about a week now and I'm still strong."
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