- Safiu Kehinde
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has talked down chances of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, getting accepted in the All Progressives Congress (APC) with his meeting with President Bola Tinubu.
Fayose made this known in a statement issued on his official X handle on Thursday as he disclosed what he claimed to be the conversation between Makinde and Tinubu.
NPO Reported that the Oyo governor had earlier today held a close-door meeting with Tinubu following his visit to the Presidential Villa.
Makinde in his address with newsmen dismissed claim of his visit having political undertone as he maintained that he had only visited the President strictly for governance issue.
While chastising the Oyo State for going along with Plateau State Governor, Caleb Muftwang, Fayose in the post on his X handle, alleged that the President had strictly restricted Makinde to conversation on official matters regarding Oyo State.
He alleged that Tinubu had charged the governor to count him of discourse on his feud with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike.
The President allegedly slammed Makinde for the one-party state allegation he made against him, urging him to go on national TV to settle his scores rather than coming to a closest to retract his statements.
Fayose claimed that Tinubu reaffirmed his support for Wike while declaring that he did not need Makinde’s support ahead of the 2027 election.
This, according to the former Ekiti state governor, indicated that Makinde has no chance of achieving anything in the APC if he joins the party.
Meanwhile, Fayose charged the Oyo governor to open up on the status of the N30 billion FG intervention fund he received for the January 202 Bodija explosion.
The statement read; “Here is the true story of what happened in the Villa when Governor Seyi Makinde visited the President today.
“First, Governor Seyi Makinde demonstrated that he now lacked enough courage to face the President alone, he had to enlist the support of the Plateau State Governor.
“The President told him that if it was about official matters regarding Oyo State, he will listen to him.
“But if it had to with politics and any claim that it was Wike that angered him to go on TV to accuse him (President) of plotting to turn the country to a one-party state, it is better to as usual, go on TV to say all he (Makinde) had to say.
“He was told pointedly that he can’t come to the closet on political matters to eat his words, while saying another thing to the public.
“Furthermore, the President told Governor Makinde that he was not expecting any support from him regarding 2027, and that he should also expect that he (President) will support his party.
“Lastly, the President made it clear to Makinde that Wike is someone whose support and consistency he (President) can’t deny or wished away.
“Therefore, if Makinde has issues with Wike, that is between the two of them, I should be left out of it.
“That’s why Makinde told the press that he’s comfortable in PDP. It’s because of the reality that there’s nothing for him in APC.
“And after this meeting, shouldn’t Makinde tell the people of Oyo State if he has returned the N30bn he admitted to have received from the Federal Government as intervention fund for the January 2023 Ibadan explosion?”