It's no longer news that Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has declared his intention to run for the presidency come 2019. What is, however, news is that he has vowed to defeat incumbent President Buhari in a free and fair election, siting instances of his famous gubernatorial victories were he has defeated former incumbents to gain power.
Worthy of note is that while Fayose declared his intention, there was no relevant PDP leader in sight causing many to question the authenticity of his ambition.
Fayose declared: “Our country is faced with myriads of problems, our economy that was the fastest growing in Africa when our party was in power has gone comatose with the present managers who are completely clueless,”
He also complained about the fact that Nigeria is now more than divided along ethnic, regional, and religious lines, which he claimed is the fault of the ruling All Progressive Congress and President Buhari: “Most worrisome is the fact that our country is now more divided than ever before with the unity of the country being threatened due to nepotism, religious bigotry, and favoritism of the present government,”
Concerning the PDP's earlier stance of zoning the presidential ticket to the North, the Ekiti State governor had this to say: “I challenged the North to come out with their candidates. I want to challenge all of them to the field. What are you afraid of? Come out. I [have thrown] my hat in the ring. Let them come and face me” .
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