JUST IN: Fayose inaugurates presidential campaign via Facebook

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has abandoned his
desire to seek reelection in 2018. Instead, he has launched his
presidential campaign on Facebook.

Fayose had initially said he would approach the Supreme Court to
determine his eligibility to run again for the office of governor
of his state because of his inability to finish his first term in
office.

The governor, whose impeachment then had been declared null and
void by the apex court, had said there was need to finish his first
four years in office.

See the campaign
inauguration:

Fayose, who is the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party
Governors’ Forum, was one of the two governors in the party who
spoke vehemently against the continued stay in office of the former
National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.

Ironically, the governor was also among the few governors who
brought the former governor of Borno State to the office of the
national chairman of the former ruling party.

The PDP had zoned the position of the party’s presidential
candidate to the northern part of the country.

It is, however, not clear if the party would go back on this,
but analysts believed that Fayose could be positioning himself for
the position of running mate for the party’s presidential
candidate.

The three organs of the party, which are the Expanded National
Caucus, Board of Trustees and the National Executive Committee are
meeting in Abuja in Monday and Tuesday.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has abandoned his
desire to seek reelection in 2018. Instead, he has launched his
presidential campaign on Facebook.

Fayose had initially said he would approach the Supreme Court to
determine his eligibility to run again for the office of governor
of his state because of his inability to finish his first term in
office.

The governor, whose impeachment then had been declared null and
void by the apex court, had said there was need to finish his first
four years in office.

See the campaign
inauguration:

Fayose, who is the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party
Governors’ Forum, was one of the two governors in the party who
spoke vehemently against the continued stay in office of the former
National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.

Ironically, the governor was also among the few governors who
brought the former governor of Borno State to the office of the
national chairman of the former ruling party.

The PDP had zoned the position of the party’s presidential
candidate to the northern part of the country.

It is, however, not clear if the party would go back on this,
but analysts believed that Fayose could be positioning himself for
the position of running mate for the party’s presidential
candidate.

The three organs of the party, which are the Expanded National
Caucus, Board of Trustees and the National Executive Committee are
meeting in Abuja in Monday and Tuesday.