Why Talks Seyi Makinde Will Not Get 2nd Term Are Increasing

Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, the 53years old Governor of Oyo state is already getting an indication of what is to come regarding his second-term ambition.

Societynow.ng gathered that this development has roots in the talks that refuse to go away that he will not get re-elected come 2023.

The information at hand revealed that though the state government has denied the development and promised to “take appropriate steps to correct any untoward indication”, the recent treatment allegedly meted to first-class traditional rulers Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji has soared opposition against Makinde.

The royal fathers who attended the re-opening of Lekan Salami Stadium as special guests on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, were allegedly not allowed entry over refusal to comply with the rule of only two persons per invitation card.

Oyo state government denied the development while the royal fathers kept sealed lips as the allegation raged.

Societynow.ng gathered that added to claims that powerful backers such as Rashidi Ladoja and Senator Femi Lanlehin have turned their backs on him barely a year in office, this development is not painting a rosy picture for the Governor who is described as “an engineering and a subject matter expert on fluid and gas metering”.

“People of Oyo state, particularly Ibadan do not joke with how their royal fathers are treated. That was one of the biggest undoings of the late Ajimobi (Abiola Ajimobi, immediate past governor of Oyo state) that haunted the candidate of his party Bayo Adelabu at the polls in the 2019 gubernatorial election” societynow.ng learned.

Ajimobi who was the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) among other alleged missteps upgraded chiefs to kings in a move that attempted to douse the power and relevance of traditional institutions in Oyo state and Olubadan in particular.

The decision spectacularly backfired as it transformed into one of the major campaign points against his party that gifted victory to Makinde and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

“It is something akin to the perceived disrespect of the traditional institution by Ajimobi that is being associated with Makinde and his government” societynow.ng gathered.

Added digs revealed that it does not help that Makinde since he took reins of power as Governor of Oyo state is fingered as not “friendly” with the palace of Alaafin of Oyo – the number royalty in Oyo state.

Added to the mix of unfavorable indicators of what the future may hold for the governor are claims that some of his party men have pitched tents against him.

Some are said to be rabid supporters of party patrons outside the state such as former Governor Ayo Fayose who is neck-deep in supremacy with Makinde over control of the PDP in Southwest while others are said to be simply fighting to have someone who will be more accommodating of their “interests” as a replacement for the Governor.

In the face of all these is the growing strength of the opposition, All Progressives Congress which is mending fences with political actors aggrieved with Makinde

“The opposition party though battling its own internal issues appeared to be working towards one common goal, that APC must capitalize on the perceived ill feelings about Makinde to regain power in 2023 and they are already working towards this” societynow.ng learned.

Inside information revealed that this thinking is particularly popular based on the widely held conviction that with Ajimobi out of the picture, the party in Oyo state takes direction from the master strategist and proven winner of mighty political battles based in Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.