Makinde declares presidential ambition, alliance with APM
Gov Makinde
Calls on opposition leaders to unite against deliberate effort by APC to turn Nigeria to a one party state
GovernorSeyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday in Ibadan, declared his bid to contest the 2027 presidential election under the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
The News Agency of Nigrria (NAN) reports that Makinde won the Oyo state governorship election in 1999 and 2023 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The governor’s faction of the PDP also declared an alliance with the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), where his preferred candidate, Mr Abimbola Adekanmbi, is expected to contest for governor in the 2027 general election.
Makinde made the official declaration on Thursday at a Unity rally jointly organised to formalise the alliance between the two political parties.
The Oyo governor called on opposition leaders to unite against what he described as a deliberate effort by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to redirect Nigeria to a one party state.
He said that Nigeria’s political landscape no longer operate democracy that guarantees a level playing ground for opposition parties without the interference of the ruling party.
Makinde therefore called on Nigerians to rise above being political spectators and bystanders, assuring that with collective participation of all electorate, Nigeria would record a historic reset in the 2027 election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Makinde led PDP leaders and the national leadership of APM, led by its Chairman, Alhaji Yusuf Dantalle, had earlier met at the PDP South-West secretariat in Ibadan, where they signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalise the alliance.
They later joined hundreds of Makinde’s supporters at Mapo Hall where the governor declared his bid to contest the presidential poll.
The alliance between the two political parties now indicates that all candidates for the 2027 election from the Makinde’s PDP faction will contest under APM platform.
