Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, stated on Thursday that he refuses to “go low with anyone who decides to go into the gutters.”
Shortly after the Peoples Democratic Party’s South-West zoning consultation session in Lagos, he made this comment in a press conference.
“I personally don’t go with people when they go low or into the gutters,” he stated. Now, some people are entering the gutters. We’ll get in touch with them. Democracy is that.
“There shouldn’t be any personal animosity here, even though I can disagree with others. Nigerians are watching, so it should be about what we are providing them.
The governor went on to say that recent elections have demonstrated the PDP’s continued strength in spite of obstacles.
“They demonstrated last Saturday that the PDP is still alive in all of our states. The PDP came in second in the majority of the other states. It gives us hope that we can win back Nigerians’ trust if we keep up our good job,” he remarked.
Makinde responded that the party was not yet at that point when questioned about talks regarding the zoning of the PDP presidential ticket to the South.
“We haven’t even reached that point yet. Before you start discussing potential presidential candidates, we must first have a party. Anything you try to achieve will fail if we don’t have a party.
“A vibrant and united PDP that Nigerians will be proud of and believe in again is what we are working toward right now,” he stated.
The PDP Board of Trustees Chairman Adolphus Wabara, the party’s National Zoning Committee Chairman and Governor of Bayelsa State Douyo Diri, Governors Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Peter Mba of Enugu, represented by his deputy Ifeanyi Ossai, former Osun Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Bode George, and Monsurat Sunmonu, are among the dignitaries attending the meeting.
Twelve of the 17 members of the PDP National Assembly and important party figures from the southern states were also involved.
