Fayose visits Tinubu amid N6.9billion fraud trial

Ex-Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, a PDP chieftain who is standing trial for N6.9billion by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday visited APC national leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at his Lagos State residence to felicitate with him .

Ayo Fayose said he thanked God for Tinubu’s return to the country after his medical trip abroad.

He also made it clear  that despite his visit to the former Lagos State governor, he remained a PDP member.

Fayose wrote on his Twitter handle about his visit to the Bourdillon, saying he did not like to “sign condolence registers.”

He wrote, “Today, I was at Bourdillon, Ikoyi, Lagos to wish Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu a quick recovery. Health issues know no political party and in this part of the world, we seldom celebrate people when they are alive. Rather, we like to sign condolence registers. To me, that is not the best way to live.

“Most importantly, politics should be about love for each other. Therefore, like other leaders in Nigeria, I wish Asiwaju sound and robust health. And to those negative political analysts, this visit notwithstanding, I remain an unrepentant PDP leader and key stakeholder,” he added.

Recall that Tinubu had been in the United Kingdom for the last three months to seek medical attention. Tinubu during a secret welcome party organized for him said “Because of God and people like you, I am well. It is just the physio (physiotherapy) that is gruesome.”

Fayose became the second governor of Ekiti on 29 May, 2003, after defeating the incumbent Governor, Niyi Adebayo in the gubernatorial elections. Fayose could not complete his tenure as a result of an impeachment on 16 October, 2006.

During the 2014 Ekiti State gubernatorial election, Fayose was again the PDP nominee. He won the election and was declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission as the new Governor of Ekiti State; he was inaugurated on 16 Of October, 2014. Fayose is now the only Nigerian to defeat an incumbent two times.