Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, has urged Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 PDP presidential candidate, to give up on running for elections in Nigeria.
Atiku made unsuccessful attempts at the highest office in the land in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023, experiencing three losses during primaries.
Fayose Advises Atiku Against Running for Elections in 2027
”I am sure at this stage with all due respect to him, he would rather want to stay away from politics of contesting elections again,” Fayose said on Channels.
”By the time Asiwaju(Bola Tinubu) will finish, Atiku Abubakar will probably be 80 or 81 so what will be the attraction?
”We should leave the stage when the ovation is loudest, I respect him and I think Nigerians are craving for a younger generation than ever before so on what basis will Atiku come and contest again,” he said.
”As I always say we can defeat the APC but when we don’t have a party again how can we defeat them,” he said
”When we complain about the APC and we don’t have a party and you can say you will do this and that, but when Obi is the voice of the opposition now. The press will call Obi than call the PDP and when the Publicity Secretary is suspending people and vice-versa, so where is the party?”