Gov Makinde free to dump party – South-West PDP chairmen

Some state chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West have said Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, is free to dump the party.

The Chairman of the South-West PDP Chairmen, Dr Sikirulai Ogundele, in a statement on behalf of PDP chairmen in Ekiti, Lagos and Osun states – Otunba Bisi Kolawole, Adedeji Doherty and Sunday Bisi, respectively stated this on Friday.

This is coming days after the governor warned the National Working Committee of the party against postponing the South-West congress of the party.

Ogundele said it was shocking that Makinde could insult and threaten “the custodians of the party just because they choose to obey an order of the court.”

The statement read in part, “We read with disgust the statement credited to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, warning leaders and member of the National Working Committee of our great party, the People’s Democratic Party.

“The Working Committee of this party was duly elected just like the governor, and as stakeholders, we all have our own roles to play – more so that he is only the governor of Oyo State by providence and not the Governor-General of the South-West. Even in Oyo State, the governor is not the only stakeholder of the PDP there.

“To us, threatening that there will be consequences if the party obeys the court order concerning the South-West congress is the height of political rascality and it should be made clear to all lovers of PDP that nothing will be worse than what he has done before by jumping from one political bed to another. It is on record that in 2015, he was persuaded to accept the senatorial ticket, yet, he left the PDP for the SDP (Social Democratic Party).”

Ogundele added, “Who cares if he chooses to leave the PDP this time, too? Is he not even already a sinking ship in Oyo State, placing members of the SDP and ADC (Action Democratic Congress) over and above those of the PDP?

“Without apologies, Governor Makinde can do his worse. He should stop threatening the party because he is not more a loyal and committed member of the party than people like us who stood by the party when he left.”