Former Ekiti governor Ayodele Fayose reaffirmed his allegiance to Federal Capital Territory minister Nyesom Wike and dismissed Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde as inexperienced in the country’s political scene.
He accused Makinde of weakening the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West.
In a TVC interview monitored by Nigerian Newssphere, Fayose said Makinde had grabbed prime plots across Oyo State, asserting that the governor “took over all the choice lands in the state” and pushed away many who backed his rise.
He added that “almost everybody who worked for his ascension has been driven away.”
Fayose went on to blame Makinde for dismantling the party’s foundations in the region, saying, “Makinde has destroyed all PDP structures in the South-West.”
He also questioned how the party ran its affairs in Osun, alleging that “a candidate who did not even obtain a PDP form eventually became the candidate.”Recalling a personal incident, Fayose accused Makinde of staging violence against him in Osun, claiming, “Makinde organized an attack on me in Osun,” and again labeled the Oyo governor “a small boy” politically.
Describing his own standing, Fayose called himself an “elder statesman,” stressing that he governed Ekiti without outside control: “I fought my governorship without a godfather,” he said.
He reiterated his loyalty to Wike— “I’m a Wike person. Anywhere Wike is, that is where I am.” — and vowed party fidelity: “I will never join the APC.”
