I will rather quit PDP than work with Atiku- Fayose

Peter Ayodele Fayose, the outgoing Ekiti state governor, has said that he would rather denounce his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party than watch it being hijacked by returnees.

Fayose, who was reacting to the emergence of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as the presidential candidate of the PDP in next year's election, after the PDP convention held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, regretted the failure of Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, to clinch the ticket.

In a statement on Monday in Ado Ekiti, Fayose, who has maintained studied silence since the PDP lost the governorship election in Ekiti State, said that he supported his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, to ensure the emergence of Tambuwal.

The former Vice President Abubakar Atiku picked the PDP ticket for the presidential race after scoring 1,532 votes to floor Tambuwal who got 693 votes. Fayose, while reacting to the outcome of the primary election, said that he was reconsidering his membership of the PDP because of Tambuwal’s loss.

“We have no regret aligning with Governor Wike to support Governor Tambuwal for the presidential ticket. We have no apologies either. “We kept the party alive and strong when most men became ladies. We never compromised. If any group feels it can do it alone, we will see how far they can go

“I may renounce my membership of the party, if the need arises. In the main time, myself and others will continue with our consultations while watching the turn of events. We cannot but appreciate leaders that have intervened so far, but this release became necessary to avoid fresh crisis or misrepresentation,” he said.

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Don't quit by Edgar Albert Guest

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, when the road you're trudging seems all uphill, when the funds are low and the debts are high, and you want to smile but you have to sigh, when care is pressing you down a bit - rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns. As everyone of us sometimes learns. And many a fellow turns about when he might have won had he stuck it out. Don't give up though the pace seems slow - you may succeed with another blow. Often the goal is nearer than it seems to a faint and faltering man; Often the struggler has given up when he might have captured the victor's cup; and he learned too late when the night came down, how close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out - the silver tint of the clouds of doubt, and when you never can tell how close you are, it may be near when it seems afar; so stick to the fight when you're hardest hit - it's when things seem...

Paul Okah

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