Makinde’s Associate Hints Governor Could Leave PDP

An associate of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday said there is a possibility for the Peoples Democratic Party Governor to consider defecting to the African Democratic Congress, though the coast is not yet clear.

There have been speculations that Makinde may dump PDP following his decision to exit the WhatsApp platform for PDP chieftains in the state because he was challenged by the party’s spokesperson, Akeem Olatunji, to do something about insecurity in the state.

It was also reported that the Oyo State Governor will dump the party ahead of the 2023 elections due to the disagreements between him and some chieftains of the party.

The media aide to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa, in his reacting described the report making round as “a concocted falsehood from purveyors of fake news, who are bent on maligning the governor at all cost”.

He further stated that his principal has no plan to dump the ruling party for ADC.

Adisa noted that Makinde has remained a strong pillar of the party for many years and is already leading the mission for its resurgence in the South-West.

He called on newsmen to verify the information before publishing it, he added that it a journalist and the editors of the medium had investigated the report, such falsehood would not have found its way into the public sphere.

Adisa further stated that the plan to exaggerate Makinde’s exit from a WhatsApp platform that purportedly belongs to the PDP is negatively ingenious.

However, a close associate of the governor in Ibadan said the rumour had an element of truth in it.

According to Saharareporters, a source said the governor did not only have problems with the party structure in his state but in the whole South-West region.

“It is true Makinde may drop PDP but it is not certain. It is all politics and in politics, nothing is impossible. There are some people working against him in the South-West and as a leader of the party, he cannot allow anybody to rubbish him.”

“People love him in the state and he can win anytime any day. Even those fighting against him are benefiting from him. There are people who are interested in sharing the commonwealth of the state, rather than supporting him. But as ‘Omoluabi’ (a person of good character), Makinde cannot do that. If they take the party away from him, it is simply a means of destroying the party in Oyo State.”