Femi Babalola has taken a swipe at ‘Seyi Makinde over what he described as the governor’s penchant for antagonizing Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Jogor, as the businessman is known, spoke yesterday when some party stakeholders met to discuss way-forward on the lingering issue.
Makinde, OYOINSIGHT.COM recalls, had in Akure, though Bayo Lawal, his deputy, made a subtle endorsement of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
According to him, “He that comes to equity must come with clean hands. As an Engineer, I analyze issues. The first question I asked myself was, is it good for a northerner to take over from a northerner? And another question is is it good for an Ibadan man to take over from an Ibadan man that spent eight years?
“So, for Makinde that benefited from such, why is he now antagonising another person? He didn’t see anything that is wrong with that but when it is Atiku, it is wrong.
“Also, did he distribute key positions equitably? Key positions were appointed from the governor’s local government – Ibadan North East. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), the Commissioner for Finance, Commissioner for Local Government and the only PDP Senator in Oyo are all from Ibadan North East. He is now speaking with equity, which should not come from him.
“We are for Atiku and we are for the PDP. You can see leaders and stakeholders across the 33 local governments at this meeting. And we are all ready to win Oyo State for our presidential candidate.”
