Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will no longer tolerate individuals he described as “vagabonds,” insisting that no one would be allowed to hold the party down for the benefit of any other political platform.
Makinde made the declaration in Ibadan during the commissioning and handover of a newly constructed Oyo State PDP Secretariat, donated by him to the party’s national leadership and named after a former state chairman, Chief Omokunmi Mustapha.
According to the governor, some individuals took advantage of the PDP’s loss of power at the federal level in 2015 to seize control of the party, but their era has come to an end.
“In Yorubaland, we always say that if you see a house or a compound that is peaceful, it is because the illegitimate children in that house have not come of age.
“The illegitimate children in PDP grew up in 2015, had their time, and for 10 years, a decade, they practised their illegitimacy in the PDP. But they were expelled in November 2025. So, no more vagabonds in the PDP,” Makinde said.
He explained that the leadership vacuum created after the party lost federal power in 2015 enabled such individuals to gain influence, stressing that they would never have been able to do so under normal circumstances.
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“Whatever it is that they are doing, you should be able to trace it back to their origin. In 2015, PDP lost power at the federal level. There was a gap in the leadership. Otherwise, those vagabonds would never have been able to take hold of PDP,” he added.
The governor also admitted that he was once aligned with those individuals but said he had since disengaged from them.
“Let me confess, I came into government in 2019 and towards 2023, I was yoked with them. But now, I have repented; I am no longer with them. But for them to hold PDP for another party to be in power, it is no, no, no,” he stated.
Makinde expressed confidence that the judiciary would resolve the legal issues affecting the PDP, insisting that truth would ultimately prevail.
“If lie endures for 20 years, truth will overtake it in one day. Liars can continue to peddle their lies; but I have absolute trust in Nigeria’s judiciary. I know they will do the needful… the judiciary, being the last hope of the common man, will give justice to PDP.”
He also took a swipe at the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over comments on the PDP in Oyo State and at the national level, saying that anyone who could not fix issues in their own state party lacked the moral right to interfere elsewhere.
The event, attended by members of the PDP National Working Committee, Board of Trustees, and other party leaders, also marked the formal handover of the secretariat to the party.
Makinde recalled that he had previously donated a secretariat to the South-West PDP in 2024 in honour of late former National Vice Chairman (South-West), Hon. Soji Adagunodo.
Explaining the choice of name for the new building, the governor said Chief Omokunmi Mustapha played a critical role in the PDP’s return to power in Oyo State in 2019.
In separate goodwill messages, PDP leaders and stakeholders, including Chief (Mrs) Mutiat Ladoja, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu, Alhaji Kamorudeen Ajisafe, and Dr Saka Balogun, commended Makinde for standing firm and keeping the party together despite internal challenges.
They assured party members that the PDP would emerge victorious in the 2027 general elections.
The Oyo State PDP Chairman, Hon. Dayo Ogungbenro, described the new secretariat as another testament to Makinde’s leadership qualities, noting that his administration had delivered people-oriented governance and projects across the state.
Source: Channels TV
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