The abandonment of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and choice of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Bola Tinubu, by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has worsened the crisis in the PDP. The governor on Sunday affirmed his support for the position of the pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, on the endorsement of Tinubu, although another faction of the group led by Chief Ayo Adebanjo earlier supported Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
I Stand With South-West's Afenifere On Presidential Candidate – Oyo Governor, Makinde Disowns PDP’s Atiku AbubakarTinubu visited the organisation to unveil his action plans for the country as documented in his 80-page campaign manifesto.
Makinde, represented by his Deputy, Bayo Lawal, who spoke in Yoruba made this known in Akure, Ondo State at the welcoming occasion of Tinubu by the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti and other Yoruba elders. “Whenever there is an event, either organised by Afenifere or any other Yoruba group, Governor Makinde will always be supportive. Though we are not of the same political affiliation, we are bound by ethnicity. Yoruba land, whatever it is you are doing, he is in support.”
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