Makinde reveals major issue with Wike

Nigerianeye | 24-12-2025 01:52am |

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has revealed his majorissues with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. Speaking during a media chat with some selected journalistson Tuesday, Makinde said that the major issue he had with Wike was that he wasmeeting with President Bola Tinubu and Wike, where the Minister said he wouldhold PDP for President Tinubu in 2027. “Within one year, I made $1 million in my pocket. I was 29in 1997. Wike, perhaps at that time, had just left law school, and his next jobwas as a local government chairman. I don’t beef anybody. “The real issue is that I was with President Tinubu andWike, and I’m saying this in open chat. The President Chief of Staff was alsoin that meeting. “Wike said he would hold PDP for President Tinubu in 2027. Iwas in shock. So when we got up to the verander I asked him, “Wike, did weagree to this”? He wants to support the president in the 2027 elections. That’sfine. It’s his right to do that. “Some of us that want to ensure that democracy survives inNigeria, we won’t drift into one-party state and we want to make sure that PDPsurvives,” he said.

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