Good riddance to bad rubbish – Oluyede hails Fayose’s expulsion from PDP

The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP) in Ekiti State, Dr Wole Oluyede, has described the expulsion of the former governor of the state, Ayo Fayose, from the party as “good riddance to bad rubbish.”

Oluyede stated that the party will not allow Fayose to destroy the structure being built by its leaders to ensure the PDP wins the 2026 governorship election in Ekiti.

He urged the former governor to take responsibility for his role in undermining the party over the past three years.

The Australia-based medical doctor, speaking to newsmen after the party’s stakeholders’ meeting in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, said the PDP in the state remains intact, united, and stronger than before, despite Fayose’s alleged anti-party activities.

Oluyede called on the Tunji Odeyemi-led State Executive to set up a reconciliation committee to address aggrieved aspirants who lost the primary election to him, as well as party members who are disgruntled for one reason or another.

Speaking of the crisis rocking the party at the national level, he said that ongoing issues will not affect the party’s chances in the state, insisting that politics remains a local affair.

According to him, “Parties always have issues anywhere in the world, that’s why they are called political parties, but I have no issues with the national crisis. I am not running for national office; all I need is Ekiti people behind me, and that’s what we are going to get.

“If you have been a leader for eight years and people depend on you, you shouldn’t sell them short. He (Fayose) has a choice; he can come back, and we will welcome him.

“But if he chooses to stay out and say he will bulldoze the party, we will not allow him. If he throws dirt at us, we will send it back. Nobody builds a house and then brings a bulldozer to destroy it.

“Thank God, he hasn’t been able to pull us down. We are building. We are getting stronger. There is no faction in this party.”

The PDP Chairman in Ekiti State, Tunji Odeyemi, in his address, charged members to embark on effective mobilisation at their wards and units to galvanise support for the party flagbearer.

Odeyemi vowed not to rest until the party wins the 2026 governorship election in the state.