Gov Makinde Challenges PDP Members Ahead Of Ondo Governorship Election

Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to work together and unite their bases for the progress of the party and future elections.

He stated this in Ibadan during the commissioning of the South-West PDP Zonal Office, which he personally built in honour of the late former PDP National Vice Chairman (South-West), Olasoji Adagunodo and donated to the party.

He said PDP members must come together and work in unison ahead of the 2027 general election.

Governor Makinde also reiterated his position on the 2027 presidential election, saying that despite the clamour for him to join the race, he had not assigned anyone to campaign for him.

He said, “People have been campaigning and doing a lot of permutations; but let me say this again: If I want to contest for any position, I will say it myself. Nobody would set an agenda for me apart from myself.

“They have also been talking that the ruling party, APC, is scheming and infiltrating all the parties to make sure there is division and crisis in those parties. If you are accusing the ruling party of not allowing other parties to get their acts together so that there won’t be opposition in 2027, my position is that there are certain things you have under your control. If Governor Adeleke and I would cooperate for the growth and benefit of our party in the South-West, it is beyond the ruling party to destabilize our party.”

“But, let us just do our own bit to unite our party and bases and then allow the people of Nigeria to speak when the time comes.

Governor Makinde charged all PDP members to work together and unite for total victory in Ondo State governorship election coming up on November 16, 2024.

The governor who extolled the virtues of the late Adagunodo, announced the appointment of his son, Soji Adagunodo (Jnr) as Special Adviser to the Governor on Regional Integration, while he also appointed a member of the Oyo State Cultural Troupe, who performed at the event, as a Special Adviser, with immediate effect.

The governor also lauded the acting national chairman of the party, Amb. Umar Ilya Damagum, former governors of Abia and Benue states, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu and Mr Samuel Ortom, among other leaders, for attending the event.

He handed over the documents of the building to the acting national chairman, Ambassador Damagum.

Similarly, Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, said the commissioning of the PDP South-West Zonal secretariat in honour of the late Adagunodo was a call for the party to forget the past and work for the unity and progress of the party.

Governor Adeleke admonished all party faithful to be focused to retain the existing PDP states and capture more states and the Federal Government in future elections.

In a remark, the Acting National Chairman, thanked Governor Makinde for his efforts, calling on other zones to emulate and replicate the good gesture.

In a message on behalf of the Adagunodo family, the son of the deceased, Deacon Oluwatukesi Soji- Adagunodo (Jnr), thanked all the leaders of the party and equally encouraged them to use the edifice as a place of solution for the nation’s problems.

Party leaders across South -West region attended the event.