Top newspaper report- “Our aim is to chase Jonathan out of Aso Rock in 2015″ – Fani-Kayode confirms defection to APC

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the yet-to-be-registered All Progressives Congress, APC.

In a post on his Facebook post, Mr. Fani-Kayode said he took the decision after he met with Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi earlier today.

“I had a meeting with Gov. Kayode Fayemi afterwards and I have just publicly and formally declared for the APC,” the former minister said. “For me, this is a great and historic day. Goodbye forever PDP.”

He said he met Mr. Fayemi after he
chaired the public presentation of a book written by an old friend, Bunmi Aborishade, who now teaches journalism at the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti.

Confirming the development to DailyPost in a telephone interview, Fani-Kayode said, “Yes it is true that I have dumped the People’s Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress. I made the declaration after a meeting with my brother, Governor Kayode Fayemi at the Ekiti Government House. In fact we had a press conference afterwards.”

Giving reasons for his decision, “You see, some of us have been enduring the many garbage of PDP. I left for two reasons actually. One is the manner they conducted the chairmanship election of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. The fact that Governor Amaechi won and they denied him. And then a few others came out to say that someone else won. How can any sane person remain in a party like that? he asked.

“Two is that they (PDP leadership) have marginalized everything and everyone including the founding fathers, those who laboured to ensure that the party is where it is today; people like Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and a host of others.”

“So I am joining my friends like Bola Tinubu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nuhu Ribadu, Nasir el-rufai, Sam Nda Isaiah and the likes in APC. Our aim is to ensure that Goodluck Jonathan doesn’t come back in 2015.”

“If they can split the NGF because Jonathan’s candidate did not win, that means they will split our great country Nigeria if he doesn’t get re-elected.”

On whether he discussed his defection to the opposition with his political godfather and ex-President Obasanjo, the former minister retorted that, “This has nothing to do with Baba, it is purely a personal decision.”