Amid leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that the defeat of former President Goodluck Jonathan, to late President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 presidential poll was the architect of the opposition party’s leadership crisis in the country.
Makinde stated that the party, at the time, was not prepared for the defeat that occurred at the polls, saying this development led to a leadership vacuum that led to the emergence of a faction that hijacked the PDP.
The governor noted that the factionalization of the party into two blocs, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and the Taminu Turaki factions, emerged after the 2015 poll.
Sources inside the Oyo State Government house, meanwhile, disclosed that the governor was referring to the Wike faction, accusing them of polarizing the party for APC’s benefit ahead of the 2027 election.
Makinde, who pitched his tent with the Turaki-led faction, stressed that the leadership vacuum allowed the Wike faction to hijack the party, piloting it towards achieving their agenda.
The governor disclosed this on Tuesday while commissioning the PDP State Secretariat office in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
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