TVC E. Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, has declared that he is qualified to be the running mate of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
The Governor, who was reacting to reports that he was billed to be picked as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, running mate to Senator Alimodu Sheriff in the 2019 Presidential election, said Sheriff is the PDP chairman and is going to continue in office, adding that “if he gives me the Vice President slot, it is a good thing for Ekiti people.
He said: “Senator Ali Modu Sheriff is the PDP chairman and he is going to continue in office. If he gives me the VP slot, it is a good thing for Ekiti people even though, you cannot set out to say you want to be VP.
“But you people should not worry yourself about 2019 because nobody knows who will be alive in 2019 but mentioning my name for VP is good for Ekiti.”
“I am qualified to be VP if it is the will of God. God is taking me to a higher place, how, I don’t know,” he affirmed.
Ayo Fayose, is known to have influenced the emergence of Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman of the PDP.