Olayinka said Fayose’s antagonists are suffering from the impact of the defeat of the 2023 election
By Kehinde Okeowo
A House of Representatives candidate in the February 25th election and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Lere Olayinka has slammed members of the party who are calling for the suspension of former Governor of the State, Ayo Fayose.
Olayinka, who got PDP’s ticket for Ekiti Central Federal Constituency in the last general election made this known in a statement he personally issued on Thursday.
According to him, those calling for the sack of his former boss from the main opposition party, are members, who are yet to get over the defeat they suffered during the last election.
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Olayinka further claimed that the PDP has lost its “political steam” in the South-West state and attributed the failure of the party to poor leadership by some persons who he called ‘political almajiris’.
The statement read: “I would have ignored those people whose horizon is not beyond noise making to attract the usual political Kobo Kobo.
“However, it has become necessary to let them know that their period of harvest has ended and they need to look for something else to do.
“This is a party that has lost its political steam and those presently controlling it should begin the shedding of their garments of arrogance so that the party can be prevented from total collapse.
“It is either the political almajiris in Ekiti, who have never won any election without Fayose, are yet to realize that unlike before, no one is struggling to be member of the PDP or they are just playing to the gallery so that their political ATM can make available the usual crumbs.”
Fayose, who openly declared his support for the incumbent president and then All Progressives Party (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, was suspended by PDP for engaging in anti-party activities during the 2023 elections.
His suspension was, however, lifted a few days later by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).
