Oyo people will vote ‘equity, justice, unity of Nigeria’, Makinde tells Tinubu

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has declared that the people of the state would vote for a presidential candidate whose election would promote equity, justice and unity of Nigeria.

Receiving the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who paid a courtesy call on him on the sidelines of the party’s campaign rally in Ibadan, the state capital, on Thursday, Makinde urged Tinubu to feel free to campaign in the state, saying everything has been done to ensure the event is peaceful and hitch free.

He said his administration believes in putting people first, stating that “political players will come and go, but the country will remain”.

On the position of the G5 – the group of governors within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at odds with the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar – Makinde said that, “if they have to choose between their individual aspiration and the unity of the country, they will choose Nigeria’s unity”.

It is a carnival-like rally for Asiwaju Tinubu in Oyo as APC, PDP, SDP and Accord Party give him a reception never to be forgotten pic.twitter.com/IZA8ZjCJsI

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He said the group monitored the APC presidential primary that produced Tinubu as candidate, and commended the principled position of the Northern governors, noting that they reckoned that power must return to the South in 2023.

“There has to be inclusiveness by all sections of the country in power-sharing if the country must progress. If the country does not survive, how can anyone aspire to be anything in that country”, Makinde said.

Tinubu thanked the governor for the warm reception, saying he came to accord him the respect that he deserves as the chief executive of the state.

“I cannot come to Oyo State to campaign for votes without visiting you to pay my respect to you as a governor, leader and an Omoluabi”, he said

On Tinubu’s entourage included Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State; former APC Interim Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande; former Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; National Woman Leader, Dr Betta Edu; Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare; Senator Dayo Adeyeye and Senator Soji Akanbi.

After the visit, Tinubu and the campaign train met with some traditional rulers from the South West zone before proceeding to Mapo Hall where a mammoth crowd had waited for them to address the rally.