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| Ayodele Peter Fayose |
Fayose withdraws presidential ambition
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has
announced the withdrawal of his ambition to contest for the office of the
President in 2019.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that
the governor had indicated his intention to contest for the nation’s number one
position early in the year.
Fayose made this known on Saturday while
receiving two presidential aspirants; former governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and
former minister, Taminu Turaki, who came to lobby him and delegates of the
Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
He
said he had to drop the ambition as a mark of sympathy and concern for his
deputy, Prof. Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, who lost in the last gubernatorial election
in the state.
“I dropped the presidential ambition because
of the stolen mandate freely given to my deputy. As a good leader, I cannot
abandon my loyal deputy whose mandate was stolen by the APC and be pursuing
another ambition.
“My posters are there in a room. I am
committed to the recovery of the mandate, for now, more than anything else,” he
said.
NAN reports that before now, Fayose had
not only opened campaign offices but also came out with branded vehicles to
campaign for the presidential slot.
The two visiting presidential aspirants
assured PDP members in Ekiti that the party would regain power in 2019.
They
urged the Ekiti delegates to consider their candidature so as to make the dream
become a reality.
First
published by punch newspappers
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