In a stark assessment of Nigeria’s opposition landscape, former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has lambasted current Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, accusing them of deliberately sabotaging the party’s viability for self-serving motives.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today program, on Wednesday October 15, 2025, Fayose asserted, “Any governor that is killing PDP knows he is the one killing PDP; they know themselves and the reason why they are killing it is for selfish interest.”
This pronouncement arrives amid a wave of high-profile defections, including recent exits that have left the PDP’s gubernatorial ranks perilously thin, signaling deeper fissures within the once-dominant opposition force.Fayose’s critique paints a picture of internal machinations driven by ambitions for control rather than collective advancement.
He predicted that three additional PDP governors are poised to resign imminently, potentially reducing the party’s state-level leadership to a mere five holdouts. “They are largely killing the party because they want to control it. This is what happened in 2023,” Fayose elaborated, referencing the PDP’s tumultuous primary processes and electoral setbacks that eroded its national stature.
Such defections, he argued, stem not from ideological clashes but from a desire to maneuver for personal political leverage, exacerbating the PDP’s existential crisis.The former governor’s remarks resonate against the backdrop of the PDP’s prolonged internal strife, which has seen key figures migrate to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Fayose, a vocal PDP stalwart despite his occasional alignments with President Bola Tinubu, positioned himself as an impartial observer unswayed by factional loyalties. He dismissed the PDP’s presidential ticket as “like tissue paper,” devoid of value in the current climate, and urged a reckoning with the party’s foundational flaws.
This diagnosis highlights how governance at the state level has morphed into a battleground for individual legacies, sidelining the broader mission of challenging the APC’s hegemony.As Nigeria approaches the 2027 general elections, Fayose’s warnings serve as a clarion call for the PDP to confront its self-inflicted wounds.
With defections accelerating, the party’s survival hinges on reconciling divergent interests and restoring organizational coherence. Fayose’s unflinching analysis, rooted in his decades of political experience, underscores the perils of unchecked ambition in opposition politics. Ultimately, he posits that without swift introspection, the PDP risks irrelevance, ceding the field to a more unified ruling bloc. See, More, Here>>>
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