Controversial Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has said that the ruling party wants to bring an end to the PDP because they are afraid of the competition.
Speaking in Port Harcourt on Wednesday on the sideline of the PDP National convention, Fayose said such a development would not, however, be in the interest of the country and Nigerians at large.
While Fayose could not attend the convention due to the blockade of the road leading to the Old Presidential Lodge of the Rivers State government house where he was accommodated, he released a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi saying that a virile opposition was a vital ingredient for democracy and necessary to make democracy thrive.
“I witnessed what the police did early today in Port Harcourt, it is most unfortunate. It has shown that we are indeed in a perilous time in the country. The APC is desperate to kill opposition and silence others because they are afraid that their inability to properly govern the country and tackle the challenges facing us as a nation would be exposed by a virile PDP.” he said
“The Buhari government is dictatorial. There is tension everywhere. All sectors are down and they are focusing on killing the opposition. What business has APC with PDP internal matters?
“If they said they wanted to act on court orders, why didn’t they act on more than four orders that were in favour of the Markafi group? They don’t have answers to the terrible situations in the country but they know that an organised PDP will be emboldened to challenge them,” he said.
Fayose also stated that he wondered what would have happened if the PDP acted like the APC and refused to hand over to the APC last year.