Some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have alleged that the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, is secretly meeting and working for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the stance of the five aggrieved governors.
Naija News recalls that Makinde and Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) had resigned their membership of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in September 2022 in protest of Iyorchia Ayu’s continued stay as the national chairman of the party.
The aggrieved governors, who formed the Integrity Group, were expected to name their preferred candidate in January 2023 but their inability to agree on a common choice has left them unable to declare their stand.
A member of the National Executive Committee of PDP, Diran Odeyemi, in an interview with PUNCH, described Makinde as a smart politician, saying he is working for himself because of his political future.
According to him, Makinde financed Atiku’s rally in Oyo State contrary to public perception that he was working against the interest of the party.
He said: “Governor Makinde is playing smart and working for himself. He financed Atiku’s rally in Oyo state. All his men, apart from Taofeek Arapaja, the Deputy National Chairman (South), were at that rally and they all pledged their loyalty to the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.”
