Makinde, Fayose Crisis Deepens

Indicative of the worsening rift between Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, their loyalists will today hold zonal caucus meetings of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at different venues.

The meeting is to brief stakeholders on the modalities for the zonal congress of the party scheduled to hold in Ibadan, on Saturday.

While the Makinde faction is meeting at the Agodi Government House in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Fayose and his group are holding a parallel zonal meeting at a hotel in Ikeja, Lagos.

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The Ibadan caucus meeting was called by the zonal caretaker chairman, Dayo Ogungbenro, who was nominated by Governor Makinde into the zonal executive of the party, while Honourable Daisi Akiitan, the zonal secretary, called the Lagos meeting.

The two factions which have refused to shift grounds on their positions concerning the running of the party in the zone, may hold a parallel zonal congress on Saturday.

The group loyal to Fayose is backing Eddy Olafeso, who resigned to contest the party’s governorship election primaries in Ondo State, but lost the ticket to Eyitayo Jegede SAN, as the new zonal chairman of the party.

But according to the Makinde faction, the position of the zonal chairman was zoned to Oyo State at a stakeholders’ meeting of November 22, 2020, held in Ibadan, and Makinde, as the party’s leader, will nominate a candidate from Oyo for the position.

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