Governor of Oyo State and one of the leaders of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Seyi Makinde was at the presidential Villa on Thursday to meet behind closed doors with President Bola Tinubu.
Makinde arrived shortly after his colleague from Plateau state, Caleb Mutfwang, who recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the ruling All Progressives Party (APC), arrived the State House and proceeded straight to the president’s office.
The Oyo state governor was among the group of five PDP governors known as G5, who protested against the emergence of the 2023 PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and worked for President Tinubu in 2023 presidential elections, on the grounds that presidential power ought to rotate to the South after the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari from the North.
Other members of the then G-5 are Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Samuel Ortom of Benue, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia.
However, there is a crack between Governor Makinde and Wike who is now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
Makinde in a recent interview explained that
the rift began after Wike allegedly told President Tinubu during a meeting that he would “hold PDP” for the President ahead of the 2027 election, a statement Makinde said was made without the consent of other party stakeholders.
