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Adedayo Adeyeye, a former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
has announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC),
calling Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State “an impossible person to
deal with” and “a pompous martinet with a huge ego”.
Adeyeye, a governorship aspirant, contested the Ekiti PDP governorship
primary in May but lost the ticket to Kolapo Olusola, Fayose’s deputy.
Releasing a statement on Tuesday, Adeyeye said although leaving the PDP
“was not an easy decision to make”, he was forced to make a choice between
loyalty to a political party and loyalty to my community, and he
eventually chose the latter.
“Expectedly patriotic leaders of the party appealed to me to reconsider my
decision in the light of my previous services and loyalty to the party.
But the issue was never about me as a person,” he said.
“It was about the interest of the very many people who associate with me
and more importantly the collective interest and future of Ekiti people.
For me politics has always been an opportunity to serve and make
contribution towards the development of my community and the nation.
“Therefore where I am compelled to make a choice between loyalty to a
political party and loyalty to my community, l will readily choose my
community or state. Political parties come and go but the community
remains. I cannot change my state or hometown but I can always change my
party if I feel that it can no longer serve as a vehicle for our
collective good as a people.
“As a thoroughbred Ekiti person with a deep love of this land and the
people It is incumbent on me to resist and stop the evil agenda of one man
to put our people in perpetual enslavement. I have said No to Fayose’s
continuity of dictatorship, impunity, imposition, poverty, unprecedented
looting of our common patrimony and deliberate debasement of the
self-esteem of our people.
“For my friends, admirers, patrons and well-wishers I want to reiterate
that Fayose is an impossible person to deal with. A pompous martinet with
a huge ego ,he is deliberately divisive and deceitful. He does not believe
in reconciliation and no effort at reconciliation will work with him.
“Therefore after deep introspection and wide consultation with various
stakeholders in this State, my supporters and I have decided to leave
Egypt which the Fayose administration represents and join hands with
patriotic Ekiti people to board the train of the APC for the onward
journey to our promised land.
“We are joining forces with eminent Ekiti sons and daughters to free our
land from the Vulture and predator feeding fat on our common wealth. We
want to set our land free and never again shall we entrust our land unto
the hands of unknown person with unverifiable pedigree to ride roughshod
on our people.”