THE CABLE
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, took its presidential campaign rally to Oyo state.
Atiku Abubakar, the PDP standard-bearer, who spoke at the Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the venue of the presidential campaign, commended Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, for ensuring that the rally is “well organised”.
“The people of Oyo state — let me use this opportunity again to commend governor Makinde and the PDP in Oyo state for making sure that this rally is well organised and well-orchestrated,” Abubakar said.
Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the PDP, who also spoke at the rally ground, praised Makinde for the “successful” campaign in the state.
Makinde is a member of the PDP G5 — a group of five governors who have been absent from Abubakar’s campaign rallies.
The governors — Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Samuel Ortom of Benue, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia — are demanding the resignation of Ayu as the party’s national chairman.
At a stakeholders’ meeting with Abubakar in September 2022, Makinde said Ayu must resign to pave way for someone from the south to become the party’s national chairman.
