PDP Crisis: What Atiku Is Riding On To Win In Oyo – Makinde Speaks

PDP Crisis: What Atiku Is Riding On To Win In Oyo – Makinde Speaks

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says the achievements of his administration are being used by the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to secure the state in next month’s election.

Makinde was responding to criticisms from a former Minister of Power and Steel, Wole Oyelese, during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday.

Taking a shot at the governor for what he called treachery in not campaigning for Atiku, Oyelese argued that Makinde needs Atiku to win.

But the governor of Oyo fired back at his cousin, claiming the opposite is true.

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“Elder Oyelese is older than me and I will not disrespect him. But I think he basically stood logic on its head. It is the other way round,” he said.

“If our candidate will need to win in Oyo State, I will have to campaign for him because PDP in Oyo State is riding on the achievements that we’ve been able to make these three plus years.

“So, if he’s looking for a ministerial position – I don’t think anyone will give him a ministerial position anyway because the last time he had the opportunity, he didn’t do well at all.”

Makinde alluded to Oyelese’s alleged unpopularity, claiming that in Oyelese’s hometown of Erunmu, locals “wouldn’t even touch him with a long pole.”

He went on to urge the former minister to be objective, saying, “So, you have all of these so-called expired politicians and then they go out there and say, ‘We’ve done this. We can do this.’

“I respect the opponents; I respect some of the challenges that we have to face for this election. But we are realists. We are driven by data and logic. We demonstrated it before.”

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