Dictatorship will consume its promoters –Fayose

The Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has warned that those promoting dictatorship in a democracy will be consumed by it.

In what turned out to be a surprise visit, Fayose who was the guest of the Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Tuesday, debunked insinuations that he was seeking for a soft landing from President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said, “Opposition is the major ingredient of democracy and without opposition in a democracy, there will be dictatorship. Those promoting dictatorship in a democracy will end up in the stomach of the dictator.”

The governor denied that he was in Osogbo to send emissaries to the President to beg on his behalf or about to decamp to the ruling All Progressives Congress, but to help foster Yoruba Unity. He insisted that he was not in Osun for any political reason as he was not ready to abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the (APC).

He said, “This is my first official visit to any APC state in Nigeria. I am not in Osogbo to ask Aregbesola to help me beg as being speculated in some quarters. We are all Yoruba, politics is like water and it can flow anywhere.

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“I was moved by the historic visit of the Ooni of Ife to the Alaafin of Oyo and I am of the opinion that the Yoruba leaders must unite.

“The Yoruba nation must not be rubbished. Our leaders must not be rubbished irrespective of the political party they belong to.

Insisting that he would remain in the PDP to play opposition politics, Fayose said: “In all of this, there must be fairness. There must be equity and the rule of law must be followed. We should remember that power as it was transient for the PDP, it can also be transient for the party in power now.

“For me, I don’t want to contest which party is dead now or which one is alive. Whether or not PDP is dead, time will tell.

Responding, Governor Aregbesola commended Fayose, describing his visit as a demonstration of maturity.

He said: “Osoko has said that he is not going to leave his party, but I want my good friend and brother to know that PDP has exhausted its stay in Nigeria, it can no longer be revived, let us look at a political party that will give hope to our people. Opposition must be for a purpose, I stand by you on the unity of Yoruba land and that our leaders not put down in the country.”

 
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