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2023: Fayemi declares readiness to forgo presidential ambition for APC

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Published: May 11, 2022
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Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, says he is not desperate about clinching the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the 2023 presidential election. 

He also said he was ready to submit to the party’s wishes should he not be chosen to fly the flag.

“I am a founding member of APC and there is nothing, including even if I am not the choice of the party for the presidential election, that will make me subvert its overall interest,” the Ekiti governor said.

Mr Fayemi stated this in an interview with reporters in Gombe, after a consultative meeting with party delegates in the state, ahead of the APC primaries.

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He said the party’s interest in the forthcoming primaries was paramount to him and that he would not work against such interest, even if his ambition was not realised.

Mr Fayemi said his belief about the primaries was for party members to choose a leader that would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, build on his gains and address the gaps that Nigerians had identified.

He said that APC’s search for the presidential candidate that would succeed Buhari was about good governance and the overall interest of Nigerians.

Mr Fayemi stated that the presidential primary was not a competition, but “about competing visions and I hope my vision will be the successful one that our party members will rally round, as it is not a do-or-die.”

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He said that the primaries were about the progress and development of the people, fundamental response to the challenges of Nigerians and consolidating on the gains of the party.

The presidential aspirant said that he was in the state to engage with party members, adding: “they have expressed what Gombe needs as a state.”

He expressed optimism that he would receive “special favours” from Gombe delegates, having presented his credentials to them.

“I am in the state to justify my candidacy. The contest is about competing visions.

“We are to present our visions to the people; the visions will be scrutinised and then a conclusion will be reached by members of the party,” he said. 

The APC has slated May 30 and June 1 to conduct primary for presidential aspirants. No fewer than 28 aspirants are jostling for the party’s sole ticket.

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