Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has insisted that his primary constituency remains the people of the State and that he is not answerable to any Godfather.
Makinde disclosed this in a radio program on Splash FM.
He added that the godfathers in the state are free to support anybody in the 2023 governorship elections.
“The people of Oyo State own me, not a godfather,” Makinde asserted.
It would be recalled that a few days before the 2019 governorship election, former Governor Rashidi Ladoja led the candidates of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Olufemi Lanlehin; Zenith Labour Party’s Sharafadeen Alli; Social Democratic Party’s Bolaji Ayorinde and others, to the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre, Iyaganku, where they dumped their ambitions and rooted for Makinde.
When the presenter prodded solicited his reaction to the alleged abandonment of party faithful levelled against him by a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Femi Babalola, Makinde admitted to making mistakes but insisted he had no deal with anybody prior to the 2019 governorship polls.
He said: “It irritates me when people allege I do honour the gentleman’s agreements. I have no deal with anyone.”
When asked to speak on allegations that he is a godfather and sole decider of who gets what in the PDP, Makinde referred the interviewer to the people who had “in the interest of the party, come for discussions and consultations.”
