Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, is the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West, says the Lagos branch of the party.
The endorsement of Makinde as the South West regional leader of the party may end the supremacy battle for the position which the former Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, has laid claim to. Lagos is the nucleus of the PDP in the South West.
After a meeting with Makinde in Oyo, the Deputy Chairperson of the PDP in Lagos State, Waliu Hassan, told journalists that Makinde has worked diligently to become a force to reckon with in the PDP.
Also, a former House of Representatives member, Rita Orji, said they came all the way from Lagos to pledge total loyalty to “Makinde’s leadership of the South-West.”
“We can tell you that the governor does not want anything from us. He, as the Chief Security Officer of Oyo State, needs nothing from the party. Rather, we are the ones who came all the way from Lagos to plead with him to keep leading the party,” he said.
“We resolved to, irrespective of any rancour, move the party forward and we will ensure that the party takes its better seat in 2023. We did not come here to discuss who takes anything for zonal congress. The congress will soon come up and for all we care, we have come to restate our commitment to our own governor.
“It is the full structure of Lagos that is represented here. Out of 19, we have the representation of 12 local government chairmen. We also have 17 complete non-working committee members of state exco here present. We have the deputy chairman of the party here. We have the secretary, legal adviser and the entire party structure of Lagos State here. This is a complete House of PDP, Lagos State,” the party chieftain was quoted by Punch Newspaper.
