We Were With Tinubu And Wike Knelt Just By His Side, Told Him, “Look, I’ll Hold PDP For You–Makinde

Oyo State Governor and APM presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, has revealed what he claimed happened when FCT Minister Nyesom Wike met with President Bola Tinubu and promised to take control of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Speaking during an interview on Arise TV, Makinde said Wike knelt beside Tinubu and told him he would hold the PDP for the president.

Makinde also rejected Wike’s claim that his presidential ambition was responsible for the crisis in the PDP. He questioned how his ambition could have caused the party’s problems when he supported Wike during the 2023 PDP presidential primaries.

He explained that some people close to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had approached him to become Atiku’s running mate, but he turned down the offer because he had only spent three years as governor of Oyo State at the time.

Makinde further said he was the only member of the G5 governors who left the PDP. He claimed that he also led the group that expelled Wike from the party.

According to him, Wike later used government support to regain control of the PDP through the courts.

Makinde said the decision to expel Wike was intended to allow the PDP to contest elections without him and his supporters.

In his words, “We were with the president and the minister of FCT knelt just by his side, told him, ‘Look, I will hold PDP for you.'”