The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party would have performed better in the 2023 presidential election if a former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has emerged as the running mate of the flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar.
Governor Makinde said this on a Channels Television programme: “Politics Today,” where he was a guest on the Tuesday edition.
He said: “So, it was self-inflicted.
“There wouldn’t have been G5.
“The day after the convention, I went to my good friend, Governor (Ahmadu) Fintiri of Adamawa State and I said: ‘Look, make this a unity ticket, get Governor Wike, let us appeal to him, let him be on that ticket.’
“It would have been a stronger ticket to face the APC but all the people around our candidate rejected it.
“We met with him in London, he rejected it and he came back and said we’ve moved on.
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“We’ve seen the result now and we don’t want to walk that path again.
“PDP should have still been in power up until now but some people walked out of Eagle Square.
“We knew who they were and we lost power at the federal level due to that action.
“The same thing repeated itself in 2023.
“We should pull back and say, look, this party remains the major hope of the common man.”
Makinde said the PDP also made a grave mistake by handing the presidential ticket, national chairman slot, and office of the director general of the presidential campaign to members from the northern region only.
He said: “If the three main influential positions to take us to the election were occupied by the North East, the North Central, and the North West, how do we sell that position all around the country?”
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