Ajayi who was the candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in the 2020 governorship election stated this on Monday in Akure while declaring his to contest the race.
On 21 June 2020, Ajayi resigned his membership from the ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC) and defected to the opposition party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing irreconcilable differences between him and his principal, late governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.