Ayo Fayose’s Statement On Buhari, Not PDP’s- FFK

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation
has distanced itself from a newspaper advert sponsored by Ekiti Governor, Ayo
Fayose suggesting the All Progressives Congress candidate, Muhammadu Buhari,
will die in office if voted as president.

The media director of President Jonathan’s campaign team, Mr
Femi Fani-Kayode, however told journalists today in Abuja that there’s no doubt
about it that, Mr Fayose is a distinguished leader of their party but he spoke at
his own will. Hear him; 

“Governor Ayo Fayose is a distinguished leader of our party.
A democratically-elected governor and someone we have immense respect and
affection for and he released this advert in his own name. That represents his
own personal opinion which he is entitled to.

“What I can tell you on our part as the Presidential
campaign organisation is that it does not represents the opinion of the
Presidential Campaign Organisation or indeed the President, it is his opinion,
which he is entitled to and he is somebody that we have immense respect for, he
is a leading member of the party, I have spoken with him and we respect him.

“But for anybody to suggest that this is the position of the
presidential campaign organisation or President Goodluck Jonathan, that will be
most unfair,” Mr. Fani-Kayode said.

He continued: “If we wanted to say something like that we
will say it without any kind of apology but of course, we will never say that
because we believe in the sanctity of life. Age is not a function of how long
you will live.

“It is important that we recognise the fact that age is not
an indication of how long somebody will live. We believe strongly that we must
continue to show immense respect to the person of General Buhari,” he said.