Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said he has interest no interest in the 2023 presidential ambition of the All Progressives Congress leader (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The former governor said this on Wednesday during an interview with PUNCH, expressing that he is more concerned about his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) producing the next President in the 2023 general election.    

He disclosed that “Bola Tinubu is a leader in the West. It is a statement of fact” but noted that he has not met or spoken with the former Lagos State governor in years.

He added that, “I have never met former governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the last three years and I have never spoken with him on the phone once. So, I don’t how they are tying the relationship politically.

“To the best of my knowledge, I am not a member of APC. I have no influence on how he will become if he wants to become. I have no interest; the only interest I have is that a PDP president must be put in place.”

“If this country exists for the peace and enjoyment of all us, we will not be talking about it is APC, it is PDP. A PDP man cannot attend a function with an APC man. An APC man cannot greet a PDP man, we can’t continue like that, it shows level of hypocrisy.”

Fayose revealed that he has not abandoned his ambition to be Nigeria’s president. “The office of the president is a noble one and I will love to be the president of Nigeria if the opportunity permits,” he said.