APC Opposes Fayose as Deputy Chair Govs’ Forum

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has given indication that it will
oppose the choice of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti as Deputy Chairman
of the Governors’ Forum.

A source close to an APC governor in one of the North Central States said
the choice of Fayose by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was ill
considered and was unacceptable by the party.

The source said the APC was wary of the controversial governor and would
not accept Fayose to such a sensitive position, asking the PDP to find a
suitable replacement.

“I wonder why the PDP thinks the Ekiti governor should be the choice for
the Deputy Chairman of the Forum when they could not accept him as the
chairman of their PDP Governors’ Forum. The choice is unacceptable to us
and we would oppose it when we meet on Wednesday,” the source confided.

He went on to point out that Fayose has remained a divisive factor during
the electioneering campaigns and has remained so after the polls and it
would be an ill-informed decision to have him occupy such a position.

According to him, the APC was not averse to the PDP fielding a level
headed governor to deputise for the chairman of the forum, but “certainly
not Governor Fayose that is given to reckless and inciting statements and
actions.”

Fayose was at the center of the anti-Buhari campaign during the
electioneering process and once alleged that the then presidential
candidate of the APC wears pampers like his aged mother.

The once fractured Governors’ Forum is scheduled to meet on Wednesday
during which the deputy chairman would be adopted.