Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Thursday, formally declared his intention to contest the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The event which was held at Chelsea Hotel in Abuja was in spite of the declaration by the party that it had zoned the presidential seat to the North come 2019.
Declaring his interest, Fayose said he was the most experienced governor, having served under three presidents.
Fayose had in June, at Ado Ekiti, declared that he would be the next president in 2019.
He vowed to wrest power from President Muhammadu Buhari in the next election.
“I have penchant for taking powers; that one in Buhari’s hand. I will take it. I’m going straight to that villa. I’m the next president.
“I want to be the next president of Nigeria. My own won’t be this change that has brought nothing, we are going to represent the people well and tell them the truth,” he said.
