{"id":2198,"date":"2025-12-24T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2025-12-23T22:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:06:43","slug":"2023-election-i-regret-supporting-tinubu-makinde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2198","title":{"rendered":"2023 Election: I regret supporting Tinubu\u200a\u2014\u200aMakinde"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said he regrets supporting President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election, admitting that the decision did not produce the outcome he had hoped for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makinde made the disclosure on Tuesday while speaking with journalists at the Government House in Ibadan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Burna Boy - Sittin\u2019 On Top Of The World (feat. 21 Savage) [Official Music Video]\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mMJ3Gogi2Qk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor was one of five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors\u200a\u2014\u200apopularly known as the G5\u200a\u2014\u200awho openly worked against their party\u2019s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group, led by then Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, opposed Atiku\u2019s candidacy over zoning concerns, arguing that the PDP should have presented a southern presidential candidate following the eight-year tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makinde said his decision to back Tinubu, who was then the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was based on the belief that he would act in the national interest if elected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI said it earlier, I\u2019m human. I supported the current president, even though in another party at that time, because I thought we\u2019ll do what is right for the country,\u201d Makinde said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that he believed the president would \u201creset the country\u201d and bring together competent individuals from across Nigeria to address the nation\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut unfortunately, that is not what we\u2019re seeing. I regret that action. Yes, I do,\u201d the governor stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing concerns over the survival of democracy and the future of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the governor vowed that President\u00a0Tinubu won\u2019t have his support\u00a0in the coming 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makinde also disclosed the reason behind his political disagreement with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, the rift between him and Wike began after the minister told Tinubu during a meeting that he would \u201chold PDP\u201d for the President ahead of the 2027 election, a statement Makinde said was made without the consent of other party stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was in a meeting with the President and Wike and a few others, and Wike said to the President that I will hold PDP for you against 2027,\u201d Makinde said. \u201cSo, we got up, and I asked Wike, did we agree to this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makinde noted that while Wike is entitled to support Tinubu\u2019s re-election bid, other members of the party also have the right to protect the PDP and oppose any move that could weaken democratic pluralism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/12\/2023-election-i-regret-supporting-tinubu-makinde\/\">(Vanguard)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said he regrets supporting President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election, admitting that the decision did not produce the outcome he had hoped for. Makinde made the disclosure on Tuesday while speaking with journalists at the Government House in Ibadan. 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