Makinde declares 2027 presidential bid, joins forces with APM
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Thursday announced his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
Makinde stated this to attendees at a rally held at Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the state capital, noting that his faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was forming an alliance with the APM.
The governor said it was time for the people to engage the system and not stand by as spectators.
He said: “Without a multi-party system, there is no democracy. Where is our multi-party? “Where do we go from here?
“We have been pushed to the wall. The calculated and self opposition cannot unite but I am here to say that the opposition is the everyday Nigerian.
“This is the time for all us to ensure Nigeria works for us. This is the time to confront it fears. It is time to engage as citizens and not spectators.
“For the opposition political parties, this is the time to unite and work in unity and give our nation the much reset it needs.
“The time to reset Nigeria is now. Ibadan is the city of warriors. The first grand alliance is formed. The PDP and APM is formed. This handshake will allow us to field candidates from presidency to state Assembly.”
“I, Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, Excellency, announce my candidacy for the position of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he added.
Makinde had earlier led the Taminu Turaki faction of the PDP in Oyo State to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the APM as part of a strategic alliance for the forthcoming elections.
The governor and the National Chairman of the APM, Yusuf Dantalle, signed the agreement on behalf of both parties.
Under the agreement, candidates of the PDP faction contesting for governorship, Senate, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly seats are expected to run on the platform of the APM rather than the PDP in the 2027 elections.
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