*Says his second term ambition lies In Atiku’s success
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Former Minister of Power and Steel and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), leader Elder Wole Oyelese on Thursday, said Governor Seyi Makinde should start open campaign for the party’s Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar now, or forget about holding on to PDP Governorship ticket.
Speaking with journalists in Ibadan, the PDP leader said that the second term ambition of Governor Seyi Makinde lies in the success of the party’s Presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku hence the need for Gov Makinde to fully retrace his steps to where he made it to the top in order to realise his second term ambition.
According to Elder Oyelese, Gov Makinde needs Atiku to win the second term and not the other way round, adding that it is now time for him to rescind his decision, saying ” all PDP members in Oyo state including more than 95% of Mankinde’s appointees have been working for months and will vote for Atiku in the February 25th election”.
“Makinde lacks the capacity to upturn the popular sentiment in Oyo State which is in support of Atiku. Anyone who is doubting that should recall what happened during his flag-off at Mapo when the people were chorusing Atiku’s name in the presence of the G-5 governors. Even Gov Wike was silenced by the crowd of Atiku supporters and the programme came to an abrupt end”, he said.
Elder Oyelese added, ” I see the current situation as an act of treachery when you belong to a political party and you are working against the presidential candidate of that party. It is Seyi that needs Atiku and not Atiku that needs him, because Oyo state people have made up their minds to support Atiku”.
“I can bet it with anybody that even in Makinde’s government, majority of the political appointees, 95 per cent of them are working for Atiku. So, the game is up, he should rescind his decision. A situation where he is campaigning and he is not mentioning Atiku is unacceptable to us.
” Since it is beyond speculations now that Wike is working for Tinubu, Seyi is definitely treading on dangerous grounds by not openly breaking ranks with Wike at this time and openly supporting Atiku to ensure his second term in office. Makinde cannot tell us that he is not working for Tinubu by not campaigning for Atiku. Things don’t work that way in politics”.
Elder Oyelese maintained further that Gov Makinde really has nothing to offer whoever Gov Wike eventually decides to support in the Presidential election, adding that a situation where Gov Makinde was still campaigning without a mention of Atiku amounts to betrayal especially after the state party Chairman appeared at the Mapo campaign rally ostensibly on Mankind’s instruction.
Speaking further, Elder Oyelese The idea being peddling around by an individual who cannot be placed that Makinde is working for Atiku is the highest level of deception and a lie from the pit of hell. It is all the tactics and machination of an ambitious baby politician who is desperate to gain relevance without learning the ropes about Oyo state politics.
“I have heard Seyi with my own ears on Agidigbo FM and Fresh FM asking the people of Oyo state where he was campaigning to vote for his candidate for the Senate and the House of Representatives without a mention of Atiku for Presidency. What more does anyone need to know as to where Makinde is heading.
“The bottom line is that Makinde should campaign openly for Atiku or else, it will be taken that he has made a statement in line with what the G-5 governors have been saying and this is dangerous for his second term ambition . Makinde should know That Wike has lost it.
So, in conclusion, Atiku should not lose any sleep over Oyo state. Oyo state is a done deal for him. Only the deep can call to the deep in Oyo state politics. Oyo State politics cannot be truly understood by these new comers.
