A former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday advised the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar to move on from contesting elections in the country.
OsunDailyNG understands that Atiku who was once a Vice President in the country had contested for the office of the president in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023, with three losses occurring at primaries.
Fayose while speaking on the crisis in PDP in an interview on Channels TV said, “I am sure at this stage with all due respect to him, he would rather want to stay away from politics of contesting elections again.”
The 63-year-old suggested that holding the highest office in the country would lose its appeal and excitement for an octogenarian in the next election cycle.
He further stated, “By the time Asiwaju(Bola Tinubu) will finish, Atiku Abubakar will probably be 80 or 81 so what will be the attraction?
”We should leave the stage when the ovation is loudest, I respect him and I think Nigerians are craving for a younger generation than ever before so on what basis will Atiku come and contest again.”
Speaking on the chances of his party, challenging the APC, Fayose noted that the structures that once made the party great have collapsed and the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections Peter Obi has become a more recognisable figure in the fight to oust the current administration.
He said, “As I always say we can defeat the APC but when we don’t have a party again how can we defeat them.
“When we complain about the APC and we don’t have a party and you can say you will do this and that, but when Obi is the voice of the opposition now. The press will call Obi than call the PDP and when the Publicity Secretary is suspending people and vice-versa, so where is the party?”
