In an interview with Channels Television on Monday, Fayose recalled the treatment he got during a visit to Mu’azu five days before his election last year.
In Fayose’s words: “I was in his (Mu’azu’s) house for five horrs, few days to my election. He didn’t attend to me. He later came out to address us that he’s expecting a visitor in his house, who doesn’t want to see any Yoruba man.
“I was insistence and was later persuaded to leave. Since then, I kept tab on him. I drove out to watch him closely down to the ring-road close to his house. There, I realised that the important figure was Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
“When I returned, he told me himself, maybe he has forgotten or not. He confidently told me. He said ‘Ayo, sorry, It’s Tinubu.’
“Imagine the national chairman of a party, sending away his party members to receive, the leader of an opposition party!”
On why he is admired by the people, Fayose said “They (candidates) want the vote of a leper, but they cannot shake the leprous. They want the vote of a groundnut seller, they cannot shake the groundnut seller.
“I’m a local man, I don’t use bullet proof cars, I wind down the glass of my car to see my people and wave to them, encourage them and make them happy