PDP Crisis: I Boycotted Uyo Because I was Busy in Oyo – Makinde
POLITICS DIGEST- Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has said he has been busy in his state and could not have attended the flag-off of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign flagoff on Monday.
He said this on Wednesday while fielding questions from State House correspondents after the swearing-in of Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
Makinde was among the five PDP governors who were absent from the flag-off ceremony.
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The G5 governors led by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, who Makinde identifies with, had vowed not to partake in the PDP’s presidential campaign if Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the party, does not resign from his position.
“The published presidential campaign council list translates to putting the cart before the horse; the pertinent issue remains the Ayu leadership,” Wike’s allies had said.
“We, therefore, resolve that senator Iyorchia Ayu resigns as the national chairman for an acting chairman of southern Nigeria extraction. We resolved not to participate in the campaign council in whatever capacity until the resignation of Dr Iyorchia Ayu.”
Asked on Wednesday if there is still a crisis in the PDP that made him not attend the presidential campaign flag-off in Uyo, Makinde said he needed to be in Oyo rather than Uyo.
“I have been busy at home in Oyo state campaigning for everybody. Uyo is not where I need to put the votes together. It is in Oyo; so I stayed in Oyo,” he said.
