Ekiti PDP accuses Fayose of anti-party activities, demands his resignation

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti has asked Ayodele Fayose, former governor of the state, to tender his resignation from the party. 

Speaking on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, Dare Adeleke, PDP caretaker chairman in the state, accused Fayose of anti-party activities.

“It is important to address the salient issues affecting our party like anti-party activities of the former governor of Ekiti state, Mr Ayodele Fayose, and his cohort,” Adeleke said.

“His public declarations and serial endorsement of the opposition are in a direct affront to the values and unity of our party.

“I strongly condemn these actions and encourage him to take the bold and honest step of officially decamping.”

Fayose had publicly endorsed Abiodun Oyebanji, governor of Ekiti and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for a second term.

The next governorship election in the state is expected to take place in 2026.

“I am very proud of you. You have done well. We will continue to be with you. You have gone far in terms of development. Let me wait for that person who will say you have not done well. I am not a member of your political party, and I will never be, but Ekiti comes first,” Fayose had said at the time.

Last week, the PDP in Ekiti asked the party’s national working committee (NEC) to suspend Fayose.

“The position canvassed by the caretaker committee before the disciplinary and reconciliation committees is that Fayose must be expelled from the party,” the Ekiti PDP said.