Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said he zero interest in the speculated presidential ambition of the All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, in 2023.
He disclosed this on a live interview with Punch while expressing optimism that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, would clinch the presidential seat come 2023.
Faoyose who said that Bola Tinubu is a leader in the West described it as a statement of fact but noted that he has not met or spoken with the former Lagos State governor in years.
He said, “I have never met former Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the last three years and I have never spoken with him on the phone once. So, I don’t know how they are tying the relationship politically.
“To the best of my knowledge, I am not a member of APC. I have no influence on how he will become if he wants to become. I have no interest; the only interest I have is that a PDP president must be put in place.”
“If this country exists for the peace and enjoyment of us all, we will not be talking about it is APC, it is PDP…A PDP man cannot attend a function with an APC man. An APC man cannot greet a PDP man; we can’t continue like that; it shows the level of hypocrisy,” he added.
The ex-governor of Ekiti also said he had not abandoned his ambition to be Nigeria’s president. “The office of the president is a noble one and I will love to be the president of Nigeria if the opportunity permits,” Fayose stated.