The allegations made by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde that he pledged to keep President Bola Tinubu’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in check in the 2027 elections have been characterized by Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike as a flagrant fraud.
Speaking during a press conference on Monday, Wike claimed that President Tinubu had never made such a pledge in a meeting.
Makinde reportedly made fun of Wike at a recent news conference in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, saying that people should be free to select who they will support politically.
“Wike cannot dictate political choices to others,” he clarified.
Makinde claims that the former governor of Rivers State announced that he would run the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for President Tinubu in 2027 while he was at a meeting with Wike, Tinubu, and a few other people.
The governor of Oyo State stated that he was astonished by Wike’s statement and that he (Makinde) will not participate in such plans.
Wike has refuted these assertions, though.
The FCT Minister went on to say that Makinde has never addressed him as Wike.
