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Politics of Wednesday, 22 July 2020

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There's no reason for me to tell anyone to swear oaths - Fayose

Ayodele Fayose Ayodele Fayose

Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said that he never told anyone to swear an oath never to betray him.

A viral video had shown some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, swearing an oath of allegiance to the former governor.

Party executives were seen mentioning his name saying: “If I betray Osokole Ayo Fayose, may the ground swallow me.”

The move was to prevent them from shifting allegiance to Senator Biodun Olujimi’s Repositioning group.

Reacting to reports linking him to the event, Fayose stated that he has no need to tell anyone to swear an oath because he's not begging for votes neither is he contesting any election.

He made this known in a video he shared on his official Twitter handle.

Fayose said, "I'm not contesting in any election, neither I'm I begging for votes. So, there's no reason for me to tell anyone to swear oaths because of me. Let our yes be yes, and our no to be no.

"Above all, let what's inside remain inside, and what's outside stay outside.

'We ought to move forward, let's not move backward.

"To those whom the incident happened to, progress forward and don't swear any oath. Our party will not be destroyed.

"Mischief-makers are the ones who blew the situation out of proportion.

"Above all, it will be better if we don't do it (swear an oath). May God help us", he concluded.