{"id":742505,"date":"2019-11-11T20:14:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T20:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/"},"modified":"2019-11-11T20:14:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T20:14:03","slug":"im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Still The Governor &#8211; Seyi Makinde Reacts To Appeal Court Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_702661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-702661\" style=\"width: 329px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-702661\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/images-38-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde\" width=\"329\" height=\"336\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-702661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, has reacted to an appeal court ruling that Makinde did not secure majority of lawful votes in the March 9 governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>The governor called on his supporters to remain calm, adding that he is still the governor of the state as no judge has ruled against him.<\/p>\n<p>Adebayo Adelabu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had headed to the tribunal after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the election.<\/p>\n<p>Adelabu had asked the tribunal to set aside Makinde\u2019s victory and order a fresh election but the tribunal dismissed panel his appeal.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, headed to the appeal court which on Monday ruled that Makinde did not secure majority of lawful votes in the election, saying the exercise was marred by over-voting and failure to comply with the provision of electoral act.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal court didn\u2019t sack the governor neither did it order a fresh election.<\/p>\n<p>The pronouncement sparked jubilation in the camp of Adelabu, saying that their candidate had been declared winner of the election.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a statement, Makinde admonished the APC not to mislead the public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0I Sold Bread For 13 Years Of My Life: Governor Makinde<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is premature for anyone to wish that a landslide victory can just be upturned. Although, they may wish that such happens, but it won\u2019t ever happen. The mandate was freely given to him by the good people of Oyo State. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is really nothing to worry about because, all they, the opposition are planning is already in the public\u2026 the judiciary is credible and won\u2019t allow itself to be used against the will of the Oyo State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge you all to go about your normal businesses, we won\u2019t be distracted in our quest to make Oyo State, a model State where good governance and leadership will be the order of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, has reacted to an appeal court ruling that Makinde did not secure majority of lawful votes in the March 9 governorship election. The governor called on his supporters to remain calm, adding that he is still the governor of the state as no judge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":705116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-742505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I&#039;m Still The Governor - Seyi Makinde Reacts To Appeal Court Ruling - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"I&#039;m Still The Governor - Seyi Makinde Reacts To Appeal Court Ruling - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, has reacted to an appeal court ruling that Makinde did not secure majority of lawful votes in the March 9 governorship election. The governor called on his supporters to remain calm, adding that he is still the governor of the state as no judge [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Seyi-Makinde-1-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/11\\\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/11\\\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"I&#8217;m Still The Governor &#8211; Seyi Makinde Reacts To Appeal Court Ruling\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-11T20:14:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/11\\\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":343,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/11\\\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Seyi-Makinde-1-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/11\\\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/11\\\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/11\\\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\\\/\",\"name\":\"I'm Still The Governor - Seyi Makinde Reacts To Appeal Court Ruling - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/11\\\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/11\\\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Seyi-Makinde-1-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-11T20:14:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/11\\\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/11\\\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Seyi-Makinde-1-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Seyi-Makinde-1-1.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":968},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I'm Still The Governor - Seyi Makinde Reacts To Appeal Court Ruling - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"I'm Still The Governor - Seyi Makinde Reacts To Appeal Court Ruling - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, has reacted to an appeal court ruling that Makinde did not secure majority of lawful votes in the March 9 governorship election. The governor called on his supporters to remain calm, adding that he is still the governor of the state as no judge [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Seyi-Makinde-1-1.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"I&#8217;m Still The Governor &#8211; Seyi Makinde Reacts To Appeal Court Ruling","datePublished":"2019-11-11T20:14:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/"},"wordCount":343,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Seyi-Makinde-1-1.jpg","articleSection":["Nigeria"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/","name":"I'm Still The Governor - Seyi Makinde Reacts To Appeal Court Ruling - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Seyi-Makinde-1-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-11T20:14:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/im-still-the-governor-seyi-makinde-reacts-to-appeal-court-ruling\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Seyi-Makinde-1-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Seyi-Makinde-1-1.jpg","width":1500,"height":968},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}