Yoruba Are Wiser Now, Will Reject APC in Next Elections – Makinde
The incumbent Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said that the people of southwest geopolitical zone, who are predominantly Yoruba, are now wiser and that they would reject the All Progressives Congress in the next elections of the country.
Ondo State would choose another governor next month while Osun State would go to poll in 2026. Other southwest states are Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun.
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress Umar Ganduje had boasted that his party would win Ondo and capture the whole of southwest region. His view was reechoed by Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Ondo State governor and APC candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election. He said that the PDP was dead in the state.
Makinde said that Ondo State people would reject the APC on 16 November because they are wiser.
“If wishes were horses, everybody would be riding it. I can tell you that the people of the South-West of Nigeria are wiser and especially in Ondo State. On November 16, they will tell him (Ganduje) that Ondo State and indeed South-West is for the PDP,” he said on Thursday during a campaign in Ondo State.
Makinde added, “Talk, they say is cheap. You can say whatever you like with your mouth but the people of Ondo State, they will speak loud and clear on November 16, 2024 and then all of us in this country will hear it loud and clear.”
President Bola Tinubu himself hails from the region. And he was able to win four out of six states in the region losing only Lagos and Osun.
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