Following the recent visit of the
National Caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Senator Ahmed Makarfi to Oyo State, the 2015 governorship candidate of
the Social Democratic Party in Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has
returned to the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
Makinde,
made this declaration known in a press statement released by his Media
office at Omi Titun headquarters in Ibadan on Monday.
During the
visit of Senator Makarfi to Ibadan, Makinde had declared that he is
already 99 percent in PDP, only planning to consult with stakeholders in
SDP to decide on the remaining one percent.
According to the
statement, Makinde revealed that “following extensive, deep and wide
consultations with National Leaders, Oyo State leaders and elders of the
Social Democratic Party (SDP), and cross sections of strategic partners
within Oyo State, I hereby announce my defection, with the entire
Omititun campaign structures at the 33 local government areas in Oyo
State, to the People Democratic Party.”
He further added that the
repositioning is not primarily to pursue his personal ambition but was
largely informed by the resolution of all opposition parties in the
state as contained in a recent communique signed by leaders of
opposition parties to work together in Oyo State so as to find lasting
solutions to the myriad challenges and underdevelopment facing Oyo
citizens.
Makinde listed the challenges as “Educational
dysfunction and perennial failure, social and economic woes and lack of
adequate security – all which are outcomes and consequences of the
ineffective six years of the All Progressives Congress rule in our
state.”
He said he “is ready to proffer long lasting and far
reaching solutions to salvage Oyo state from imminent collapse and
needless crises that the current government has bestowed on our
people.”
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