Honestly, at this point, I don’t know what point Governor Makinde is still struggling to prove regarding his misadventures in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
He has fought a needless battle with someone who has been able to prove, time and time again, that he is his superior in the art of politicking.
I read a news report yesterday where the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki said that the Convention held by the Governor Makinde faction of the PDP, in Ibadan last December, actually deepened the crisis in the party and that he warned against it.
You have to give it to the former Senate President.
He actually warned Governor Seyi Makinde and his co-travelers to shelve the Convention and allow for the setting up of a Caretaker Committee, so that the warring factions would explore alternatives.
Governor Seyi Makinde ignored the advice but the Wike faction saw sense in that piece of golden advice, even though, it wasn’t directed at them.
They set up a Caretaker Committee and today, that Caretaker Committee is at the brink of handing over to a National Working Committee produced through a National Convention.
Imagine a situation where Governor Makinde agreed to that process of setting up a Caretaker Committee?
He wouldn’t be in the dilemma he has found himself today.
I learnt that the Governor Seyi Makinde faction have finally lodged an Appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division.
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The record of Appeal, according to Media reports, was transmitted and received by the Supreme Court on Thursday, the 26th of March, 2026.
I have also seen a Motion on Notice dated Friday, the 27th of March, 2026 in the Media.
In that Motion, the Governor Makinde/Taminu Turaki faction are asking for certain injunction against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and the other Respondents.
They are asking the Supreme Court to restrain the Respondents, including INEC, from taking steps towards the planned National Convention of the PDP slated for the 29th and the 30th of March, 2026.
Without prejudice to the case in court, I am aware that, safe for Election Petition issues, the Supreme Court of Nigeria doesn’t sit on Saturdays and Sundays.
Effectively, the two days are chalked off and the Court can not do anything about the matter within those days.
The 30th of March, 2026 is Monday and I don’t know what magic would happen, that the Supreme Court would have sat and given an order which would affect the National Convention of the PDP slated for that day.
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In other words, the National Convention of the PDP slated for that day, would constitute a completed action by the time that Motion by the Taminu Turaki faction of the PDP is heard by the Supreme Court.
I think I know that Courts don’t stop an action that is already completed.
Before now, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has recognized the National Caretaker Committee of the PDP led by Mohammed Abdulrahman and Senator Samuel Anyanwu in compliance with the judgment of the Federal High Court in Ibadan.
By the time the parties appear before the Supreme Court, a substantive National Working Committee, NWC of the PDP must have been elected.
What then would be the reason for the accelerated hearing of the suit filed by the aggrieved faction?
It would have been urgent if there is a vacuum but the INEC, up till now, is not in confusion as to who to deal with when it comes to issues related to the PDP.
So, what would be the reason for the Court to rush?
I am surprised that, even, those who now want to rush the Supreme Court are forgetting that they had disobeyed the Judgments of Courts severally in the build up to where they found themselves now.
When the Federal High Court in Abuja said, do not proceed with the Convention slated for Ibadan, how did they treat the judgment?
They were the Plaintiffs in the matter before the Federal High Court in Ibadan and the judgment of the Court was instructive.
You can not place something on nothing.
I will not say more for now because the matter is before the Court of Law.
However, in all these, my concerns are for Oyo state.
We now have a Governor who is not only confused, he is also desperate.
A Governor who has abandoned his primary responsibilities to the people of Oyo state for the pursuit of National relevance.
I am also worried that the resources which should have been spent to develop Oyo state are now being channeled towards political survival.
I will be holding to this belief except Governor Seyi Makinde would show us the evidence that all the resources he has been spending on multiple litigations and several political activities are actually from his personal purse.
Just recently, he approved billions of Naira for the purchase of brand new cars for all the 351 Councilors in Oyo state.
He also approved billions of Naira for the purchase of brand new Jeep for the 33 Local Government Vice Chairmen.
That is not all, he approved billions of Naira for the purchase of electronic motorcycles for all the 351 PDP Ward Chairmen.
This is a Governor Makinde who purchased ‘ Keke Elemu ‘ for Civil servants who are working in the Oyo state Secretariat, according to him, the bicycles would be useful for movement within the Ministries.
So, in Governor Makinde’s view, brand new cars, Jeep and electronic motorcycles are good for Ward Councilors, Vice Chairmen and PDP ward Chairmen but Keke Elemu is good for the Civil Servants!
Why am I saying all these?
Today, Oyo state is in a deep mess financially because we are enmeshed in debts.
Even the Governor would not tell us how much the state is owing.
Not long ago, a member of the Oyo state House of Assembly raised a very serious allegations against Governor Seyi Makinde and some members of the Oyo state House of Assembly.
He alleged that the Speaker and some members of the Oyo state House of Assembly have constituted themselves to a cabal that has been approving series of loans for Governor Makinde without due process.
Those allegations were never defended by the Governor and the Oyo state House of Assembly.
The House of Assembly, through the Leader of the House and the Minority Leader of the House, made vague attempts to deny the allegations but when they were confronted with more facts by the accuser, they quickly swept the matter under the carpet.
Sadly, the Media in Oyo state have been largely compromised and the matter easily fade away.
Governor Seyi Makinde never pretended about his perception about how Local Government Administration should be run.
Despite the fact that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria forbids it, Governor Makinde perceives the Local Governments as an appendage of the state Government.
He has been starving the Local Governments of funds, legally released in their names from the Federation Account for the past seven years.
He uses their monthly Allocations to obtain loans which he diverts to projects that pleases him.
So, when you see someone like that, spearheading a National political movement which requires heavy funding, aren’t you going to be worried that the funds he has been committing to the project are likely to be state resources?
I am very positive that in the fullness of time, Governor Makinde would be exposed.
Now, back to his misadventures in National politics.
I told one of his followers recently that Governor Makinde has achieved part of what he wants to achieve in politics.
He has been elected twice as the Governor of Oyo state.
I told him that it is left to him and others who still think Governor Makinde is fighting this needless battle to protect their interests, to take a pause and reevaluate their stance.
I told him boldly that the only reason Governor Makinde is fighting this fiercely is because of his ego which would be permanently and pathetically bruised and buried if he loses out to Wike.
Finally, I told him that Governor Makinde lost the battle before it was started.
You can not go all out, blindly, against Nyesom Wike the way Governor Makinde went at him, without a perfect strategy and escape been roasted.
Governor Makinde knows Ibadan but I am surprised that someone from far away Rivers state is the one teaching him lessons about ‘ Laipo’. ( Ibadan lo mo, o mo Laipo).
I have studied Nyesom Wike very well.
You may not like his personality.
You may be uncomfortable about his perceived excesses at times, but you have to give it to him when it comes to strategic planning.
He knows how to choose his battles and when he does, he is intentional.
Unlike Governor Seyi Makinde, he doesn’t pretend.
I am surprised at his abilities to drag his adversaries to the area of the ring where he is most comfortable and once you’re in that corner, it’s bye bye.
He has gotten Governor Makinde in that comfortable corner and the punches have never stopped raining on the Governor of Oyo state.
At this point, it is either Governor Makinde throws in the towel or he is knocked out.
Whatever decision he takes, moving forward, I don’t think he will remain the same for a very long time.
A once promising political career is heading for a brutal crash.
Sola Abegunde.
