Fayose with mammoth crowd to show he’s in chargeControversial Nigerian Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, would be defeating President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election, he declared on Friday. That is if President Buhari even contests.
Mr. Buhari, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has been sick in the United Kingdom and it is not yet clear he would be contesting in 2019.
Mr. Fayose, a member of the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, made the declaration at a meeting with political office holders at the Government’s House, Ado Ekiti, yesterday, reported Nigerian newspaper, The Nation.
“I have penchant for taking powers; that one in Buhari’s hand. I would take it. I’m going straight to that Villa. I’m the next president.
“I want to be the next president of Nigeria. My own won’t be this change that has brought nothing. We are going to represent the people well and tell them the truth,” Mr. Fayose said.
He said former governors of Ekiti – Segun Oni and Kayode Fayemi – would fail if they contest the 2018 governorship election in the state, according to The Nation.
“Just because Ayo Fayose has won a second term to become governor of Ekiti, some people also think they can come back now. But I want to tell them that it is not possible. I am the man wholeheartedly loved by Ekiti people because of the many developmental projects that have brought great infrastructural and developmental advancement to Ekiti.
“If you go around Ekiti, you will see my handiwork dotting various parts of the state. This is why I am the man who every Ekiti people will follow in 2018.”