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Atiku running mate: Fayose set to give allegiance to APC
The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has threatened to leave the Peoples Democratic Party after the National Convention held on Saturday in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
National Daily gathered that the governor renounce his “membership of the PDP anytime from now.”
He added, “After consultations, I will speak clearly to Nigerians.”
A source close to the governor told National Daily that the governor is not happy with the party when he was hinted that he won’t be running mate to the presidential candidate of the party.
He further told National Daily that the governor is set to pledge his allegiance to the ruling party All progressive Congress (APC).
A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, was declared the winner of the party’s presidential primary, defeating the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and Senate President Bukola Saraki, to a second and third positions
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