The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said the presidential ambition of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is dead on arrival.
Wike said Makinde’s decision to join the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, in pursuit of his presidential ambition would fail.
This comes as Makinde declared his intention to run for the presidency on the platform of APM in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday.
Makinde’s declaration followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, between Makinde’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and APM.
However, Wike maintained that Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State had never spoken of any PDP-APM alliance, stressing that the narrative was merely a political imagination.
Speaking with journalists on Thursday, during an inspection of ongoing road projects in Gomani-Yangoje, Kwali Area Council, Abuja, Wike said: “What you have is Seyi Makinde joining APM to be able to actualize his presidential ambition, which is already dead on arrival.
“It’s unfortunate. We know that has been his game plan and we would say he cannot fly the flag of PDP.”
The minister also reacted to comments credited to the Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, concerning his continued membership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying the governor had not told anyone to pity him.
“Sorry for what? Why are you saying problem when nobody has told you he has a problem?” Wike asked.
“The man has told you he still remains APC. So, what is the problem now?”
