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According to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, a few months after taking office, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike assured President Bola Tinubu that he would hold the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for him in 2027.

In an interview with journalists on Tuesday, Makinde revealed that the reason he was upset with the former governor of Rivers State is that Wike wants to back the president in 2027 and doesn’t want the PDP to.

“The real issue is that I was in a meeting with the president and Wike,” he stated, going into further detail about his problem with Wike. In an open chat, I’m saying this. Along with a few others, the president’s chief of staff attended that meeting. “Sir, I’ll hold PDP for you in 2027,” Wike remarked to the president. I was stunned. So we stood up and went to the veranda. “Wike, did we agree to this?” I asked. I dislike discussing individuals. However, I will discuss the actual problem. The true problem is that Wike wants to back the president in 2027. That’s alright. He has the right to do that. However, he should also let us do our own thing if some of us want to make sure that democracy in Nigeria endures, that we don’t become a one-party state, and that the PDP continues to exist. That’s the only thing that separates Wike and myself.

After that meeting, I confided in one of our mutual friends. The president didn’t ask him to do this for him, I continued to think. It was him who offered to do it.

“Maybe he was talking about an errand that the president never sent him,” I suggested to our mutual buddy. So let’s talk to him. We’ll see whether he backs off. However, he never did. I said, “Well, it’s time to confront him,” after he refused to back down. Because I informed him that day that I would never participate in this. For this reason, I will not be endorsing the president in 2027. Wike is able to help him. He has the right to do so. However, I have the freedom to choose who I will support or what I will do in the political arena in 2027.

Speaking further, the governor described how the president asked him to suggest a candidate for a ministerial position, but the candidate wasn’t chosen. Later, in a meeting with the president, the president asked him to organize the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, but he declined.

“The person wasn’t chosen,” he stated. Instead, they chose the present minister of power. He was not named Minister of Economic Planning and Budget. He was brought to the Ministry of Power. I believe I went to the president in a later meeting to ask for permission to modernize the airport. “He’ll sign it for me,” he said.

He claims that the president inquired, “But what happened politically? I’ve heard that you’re disappointed that the cabinet position was not awarded to your nominee. In Yoruba nation, it’s easier to abort a pregnancy than to kill a baby, thus if you don’t want the pregnancy to end, you won’t want the baby to die. You will ultimately choose who you wish to collaborate with, I said. We are only able to recommend individuals. However, we are only here to support you if you know someone who would be a good fit for your cabinet. Let me clarify, though: the minister of electricity lacks the ability to assist you in organizing the APC in Oyo State.

“No, no, no, Seyi, I want you to help me organize APC in Oyo State,” he continued. I replied, “No, sir. As a member of the PDP, I can never assist you in organizing APC in Oyo State.” Therefore, our current situation would have been substantially different if we had a government of national competence and unity.

And allow me to bring up Wike’s problem once more. This was precisely the first contract Macron received from Mobil. I was 29 years old. The amount was $1 billion. I earned $1 billion in that one year. When I was 29 in 1997, Wike had probably just graduated from law school. After that, he was appointed chairman of the local government.