Fayose Attacks Makinde: You Are “A Small Boy” In Nigeria’s Politics; You Have Become A Political Orphan

Former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has described Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state as “a small boy” in Nigeria’s politics. The former governor described himself as an “elder statesman” who fought his political battles as governor without the support of any “godfather”.

Fayose’s attack on the Oyo state helmsman came few weeks after his jabs against former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in the aftermath of the former governor’s 65th birthday celebrations attended by the former Nigerian Leader.

The former governor also spoke a few days after Makinde launched a verbal attack on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, accusing him of being at the middle of the leadership crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The Oyo helmsman had accused Wike, a former political ally, of pursuing personal interests at the expense of the party, saying Wike’s plan to ensure that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to power in 2027 has blinded him, and in turn destroying the PDP.

Fayose is a close ally of the FCT Minister and has promised, in a recent interview to survive or sink with Wike. “I’m a Wike person. Anywhere Wike is, that is where I am,” the former governor said in an interview on TVC.

According to him, Makinde has become a political orphan, saying the governor has destroyed all the PDP structure in the South west.

He also claimed that those that worked for Makinde to become governor have also deserted him, accusing the governor of cornering the resources in the state for himself alone.

According to Fayose, “almost everybody who worked for his ascension has been driven away,” noting that the Oyo governor “ has destroyed all PDP structures in the South-West.”

Recall that Governor Makinde and Wike were part of the “G5 Governors” in the PDP who refused to wokk for their party’s candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abukara, because according to them, they wanted power to shift to the South.

The duo alongside three other governors of Benue, Enugu and Abia,  at the time worked for the incumbent, Tinubu who won the election.

Not long after the election, Wike and Makinde parted ways politically, and have since been attacking each other.

The governor said the FCT Minister is angry with him because he refused to work for Tinubu’s re-election.