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Former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State and ex-Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has said that the political strategy and rhetoric used by Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, during the 2023 general election will not be effective in 2027.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, Olujimi dismissed the possibility of Obi mounting a serious challenge to President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid.
“The rhetoric of the last election will not work again, except he comes with another gimmick. And you see, this (Tinubu) is a politician, a man who knows the terrain well,” she said.
Olujimi also took a swipe at former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, accusing him of destroying the Peoples Democratic Party in the state through what she described as autocratic leadership.
“Ayo Fayose killed the PDP in Ekiti. He alienated those who built the party, imposed candidates against popular will, and created factions that led to our repeated failures at the polls,” she said.
She noted that Fayose’s style of leadership alienated key stakeholders and sparked internal crises that weakened the party’s structure and performance in elections.
According to her, efforts by party loyalists to reconcile and rebuild the PDP in Ekiti were repeatedly undermined by Fayose’s “high-handedness and divisive politics,” making unity within the party nearly impossible.
“The PDP had a real opportunity to remain strong in Ekiti, but the selfish ambitions of one individual destroyed that chance,” she lamented.
Olujimi, who recently stepped aside from the party, added that the PDP’s failure to conduct transparent internal processes further contributed to the defection of loyal members and the erosion of public confidence in the party.
