Former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has denied leaving his party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, shortly after the party lost the 2023 presidential election to the ruling APC.
Reports in the media had quoted Fayose as saying he is resigning from PDP and partisan politics.
Making clarifications, Fayose in a statement, said he only stepped aside from PDP but not quitting the party, saying, “I am not a member of the APC and will never be a member of the party”
Fayose noted that it is important to speak the truth at all times without being affiliated with any political party.
“I am still a bonafide member of the PDP. I only said I stepped aside because I need to speak the truth to power without the fear of my view being tainted by party colouration. Resigning from a political party has a procedure and the same will be followed if I strongly find the need to leave the party.”
“It is important that we have somebody that can say the truth without wearing any party toga.”
“I am a member of the PDP, I am a member of the PDP NEC, a member of the party caucus, member of the Board of Trustees based on my position as a former chairman of the PDP governors’ forum. It’s a lifetime membership. But Nigeria is bigger than any party.”
