Senator Buruji Kashamu who represents Ogun East Senatorial district
in the Senate and a member of PDP, says yesterday’s presidential
declaration by Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, shows that the
anti-depressants that the governor takes can no longer contain him.
In a statement released last night, Kashamu said that Fayose is aware
that the party had zoned the presidential slot for the 2019 election to
the North and that going to the party’s decision is an anti-party
activity and that Fayose must be given a query by the party. He alleged
that Fayose is confused and is desperate for power.
“Fayose seeks to further widen the ethnic divide in our country,
cause resentment against our great party and tragically bring the party
into disrepute. Although his so-called declaration is of no political
consequence whatsoever, it is antithetical to the mood of the party and
nation that someone who claims to be a party man could go against the
decision of the party to zone the presidency to the north. By 2019, the
south would have had the presidency for 14 of Nigeria’s 20 years
democratic rule since 1999, with a southerner ruling for two terms back
to back.It smacks of insensitivity and greed for anyone from the south
to declare for the presidency so soon. With Fayose’s latest action, it
is now glaring that all his grandstanding was meant to further his own
selfish interest.He never had the interest of the party, the people and
the nation at heart. This man is simply desperate for power. It is like
since his anti-depressant drugs can no longer contain him, he is
looking for every available means to perpetuate himself in office.Otherwise, how do we explain the fact that the chairman of the PDP
governors’ forum would go against the decision of the party? Little
wonder none of his governor-colleagues attended the event. No member of
the party in the national assembly attended the ceremony.At first, he
said he wanted to seek re-election to continue his first term which was
truncated by impeachment in 2006. Thereafter, he began to work towards
becoming the vice-president and now he says he wants to be the
president! I am however glad that Nigerians are no fools.They know
those who really have their interest at heart. They know the leaders
with the demonstrable capacity to take Nigeria to the proverbial
promised land; not the charlatans and looters who pretend to be
leaders. On seeing his so-called presidential declaration on television,
I wondered if he was declaring to be a regional president because most
of those who attended were from a region of the country. He is guilty of
anti-party activities.In the light of the above, I wish to urge the
senator Ahmed Makarfi-led NCC to issue a query to Fayose and
subsequently refer him to the national disciplinary committee for going
against the party’s zoning arrangement and stoking resentment against
our party in the minds of the electorate.” the statement read