Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has had his say on the coalition aimed at unseating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.
Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Fayose claimed that the coalition is “dead on arrival,” adding that governors elected on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform preferred President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Party (APC) to their own party’s former presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
He stated that the PDP Governors’ Forum in Ibadan, Oyo State, delivered a clear indication that they do not support Atiku.
According to Fayose: “The coalition is a dead horse ab initio. Tell me one positive person that has given his words in support of this coalition.”
He continued: “The governors’ stance in Ibadan is to tell Atiku that we are not with you, we are going nowhere, we have our own identity.
“That coalition is just the imagination of people trying to bring it to fruition. It’s a waste of time. The governors are fighting for their own survival, and they don’t need an Atiku to fight for their survival.
“In actual fact, most of them prefer a Tinubu for their survival than an Atiku. Don’t let us deceive and fool ourselves; there is nothing called coalition. Obi can’t go to Atiku; Atiku can’t go to Obi.
“You see the rate at which people are decamping from PDP. How many people are defecting from APC? Something is fundamentally wrong in PDP that needs to be fixed.”
