Question: Your party is having issues at the national level and I am aware that has created different political tendencies at the state level. How does this affect your aspiration?
Eyitayo: On this I am clearly focused. Even those who are selling this idea of faction also believe there is no faction.
They also know that these are distractions, but because we are all members of the same family and issues like this cannot but crop up, either from people who believe they have been wronged or those who believe that they must pull the house down or those who believe genuinely that they should be there instead of the person that is there.
But then the concept of inclusiveness demands that we make everybody see reason, and that is the step the party is taking and I do believe that these are minor domestic issues that will be resolved, we all know who the head of the family is, we all know who is the first born, we all know who is the last born, we all know those who are not members of the family.
We all know we want everybody to work with us, even outside politics, and we all know that it will engender peace and harmony if we bring all on board, that is why the party is taking the steps to reconcile all the various differences and interests.
But for me, and you don’t need any advocacy on this, the leadership of PDP is known, we all know where the elected governors are, we all know where the elected senators or good number of them are, we all know where virtually all members of House of Reps elected on the platform of PDP are, we all know where the chairmen of PDP in 36 states of the federation are, we all know where INEC is, we all know again, that the party is one, indivisible but we are not oblivious of the fact that some people are dissatisfied but we are hoping that we will resolve the differences. And then that will not affect my aspiration of becoming governor, it has not affected my candidacy as candidate of PDP in the state, it has not stopped me or distracted me from campaigning, you would see that I have been everywhere, 18 local governments, and everywhere I have gone, they have addressed me and I have seen myself as the PDP candidate, I have obtained the form required, I have taken steps the law says I should take, and I have heard no difficulty on this journey.
By God’s grace, I will reach the destination.
