Recall that Makinde had on Tuesday said the urgent need of Nigerians now was not a Yoruba presidency but adequate security and restructuring of the country which he said would address some of the problems.
Oyo State Governor, Mr
Seyi Makinde, has said those jostling to become the president on the platform
of the All Progressives Congress in 2023 should bury their ambitions because
God and the Nigerian people have rejected the party.
Recall that Makinde
had on Tuesday said the urgent need of Nigerians now was not a Yoruba
presidency but adequate security and restructuring of the country which he said
would address some of the problems.
Makinde, on Thursday,
said in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa, that those
going around on the platform of the APC to the campaign would be disappointed
in 2023.
He spoke after the
meeting of the Zonal Working Committee of the party held at the Government
House, Ibadan.
The governor also said
a leader of the party in the South-West had been identified to be the one
causing problems within the PDP in the region.
He said the leader
causing the problem within the party had a case with the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission.
He advised the leader
to stay with the PDP and do the right thing, saying if he defects to the ruling
All Progressives Congress, he might end up in jail like former Governor Joshua
Dariye; former Governor Jolly Nyame, and Senator Orji Kalu, who was sent to
prison and freed after a while.
Although the governor
did not mention Ayo Fayose, the former Ekiti State governor has a case with the
EFCC, and he has been at loggerheads with Makinde in recent times.
Makinde said, “They
told me that one of our leaders had been the major individual causing trouble
in the South-West (PDP) and we deliberated to ask why that is so, and we said
maybe because of the EFCC case or something like that.
“I said that it
shouldn’t be, because it is better to stay with your party. Even if you have
the EFCC case, the people that went and joined them [ruling party]; there is
Joshua Dariye from Plateau and Reverend Jolly Nyame from Taraba, they ended up
in jail. Even Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, it was only God that brought him out.
“So, that leader
should forget about the EFCC case and do what is right for the party. Because I
will say it, for 2023, even God has rejected APC; the people of Nigeria have
rejected them. They can be jumping around saying this one or that one wants to
be president in 2023, if we (PDP) get in, there will be double jeopardy for him
because he will have to run back from APC to PDP.”
The governor also said
the suspension of the chairman of the PDP in South-West was illegal, saying the
members lacked such power stressing that the members that purportedly removed
Dayo Ogungbenro as the zonal chairman did not have the required number to do
so.
Makinde said the
reconciliation committee headed by former governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola would
continue with their assignment to unite the party in the South-West.
He said, “They don’t
have the power to suspend the chairman. Even if you go constitutional, you
know, five out of 12 is more than 45 per cent. So, let’s even say they want to
follow the constitution, you will need at least two-thirds by the constitution of
the party. And two-third of 12 is eight.
“So, they don’t have
that power, and I am speaking now as the only governor of PDP in the
South-West, the national leadership will respect my position on such matters.”
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