{"id":96800,"date":"2025-12-23T17:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=96800"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:08:42","slug":"makinde-lashes-out-at-wike-alleges-secret-pledge-to-tinubu-to-hold-pdp-for-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=96800","title":{"rendered":"Makinde lashes out at Wike, alleges secret pledge to Tinubu to \u201cHold PDP\u201d for 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nyesom Wike.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has escalated a simmering political feud with Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike, alleging that the former Rivers State governor privately told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu he would \u201chold the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for him\u201d ahead of the 2027 general elections \u2014 a move Makinde says threatens Nigeria\u2019s multiparty democracy.<\/p>\n

Makinde made the explosive claim during a media chat in Ibadan on Tuesday, saying he personally witnessed Wike, amid a closed-door meeting with President Tinubu and other senior figures, offer to deliver the PDP\u2019s support to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of 2027 \u2014 a suggestion, Makinde insists, that was not solicited by the president.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in a meeting with the President and Wike and a few others, and Wike said to the President that he would \u2018hold PDP for you against 2027.\u2019 I was in shock,\u201d Makinde said, describing the remark as a unilateral political offer that took him by surprise.<\/p>\n

The governor said the comment immediately raised alarm bells for him, prompting a direct confrontation with Wike once the meeting moved outdoors. \u201cI asked him, \u2018Wike, did we agree to this?\u2019,\u201d Makinde recalled.<\/p>\n

The roots of the current dispute trace back to the 2023 general elections, when Makinde, Wike, and three other PDP governors \u2014 the so-called G5 \u2014 broke ranks with their party\u2019s leadership to support Tinubu\u2019s presidential bid instead of the PDP\u2019s candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Wike has since accepted a ministerial appointment in the Tinubu administration, fueling suspicions among party loyalists that he has aligned more closely with the ruling APC.<\/p>\n

The G5 split exposed deep fissures within the PDP, leading to intense infighting. Makinde has positioned himself as a defender of the party\u2019s independence, while Wike\u2019s position has increasingly been seen as aligned with the federal government.<\/p>\n

In the same interview, Makinde disclosed that President Tinubu personally asked him to help organise the APC in Oyo State, a request he flatly declined, reaffirming his loyalty to the PDP and his resistance to actions he sees as weakening the opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president wants me to organise APC in Oyo State, but I told him I can\u2019t \u2026 because I belong to the PDP,\u201d Makinde said, adding that his refusal was rooted in principle rather than personal rivalry.<\/p>\n

Makinde further emphasised that every politician has the right to independent choice. \u201cWike can support the president if he wants, but I will not,\u201d he said, highlighting his determination to preserve an opposition voice in Nigeria\u2019s democratic landscape.<\/p>\n

PDP Crisis Deepens: Expulsions and Factionalism<\/strong><\/p>\n

The party\u2019s internal crisis has since spilled into open contention. A Wike-aligned faction of the PDP\u2019s National Executive Committee (NEC) recently endorsed the expulsion of Makinde and other prominent members for alleged anti-party activities \u2014 a move that has intensified factional tension.<\/p>\n

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PDP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Supporters of Makinde, however, have countered claims that he is to blame for the party\u2019s troubles, instead singling out Wike as the central figure behind the crisis. A PDP support group, Frontiers for Change and Progress, accused Wike of shifting blame and manipulating narratives to undermine party cohesion.<\/p>\n

Makinde has framed the dispute not as a personal feud, but as a defining moment for Nigeria\u2019s democracy, arguing that moves to weaken the PDP risk sliding the country towards a one-party state.<\/p>\n

He reiterated that while Wike and others are free to pursue their choices, \u201cpolitical loyalty should not override democratic choice,\u201d emphasising the need for a strong, viable opposition ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n

As the PDP navigates its internal divisions, political watchers say the fallout from the Makinde-Wike rift could have far-reaching consequences for opposition unity and Nigeria\u2019s broader political balance heading into one of the most consequential elections in recent history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has escalated a simmering political feud with Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike, alleging that the former Rivers State governor privately told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu he would \u201chold the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for him\u201d ahead of the 2027 general elections \u2014 a move Makinde says threatens Nigeria\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":68314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[189,83,334,56,742],"class_list":["post-96800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-politics","tag-apc","tag-makinde","tag-pdp","tag-tinubu","tag-wike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}