{"id":238510,"date":"2025-12-23T12:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/wike-why-i-wont-support-tinubu-in-2027-makinde-video\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:49:21","slug":"wike-why-i-wont-support-tinubu-in-2027-makinde-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wike-why-i-wont-support-tinubu-in-2027-makinde-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike: Why I Won\u2019t Support Tinubu In 2027 \u2013 Makinde (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Governor <strong>Seyi Makinde<\/strong> of Oyo State has vowed not to support the re-election bid of <strong>President Bola Tinubu<\/strong> in the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a press conference on Tuesday in Ibadan, the state capital, Makinde took a swipe at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, <strong>Nyesom Wike<\/strong>, stating that others should be allowed to freely choose who they\u2019ll support politically.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that Wike cannot dictate political choices to others.<\/p>\n<p>According to Makinde, he was in a meeting with Wike, President <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>and a few others when the former Rivers State Governor declared that he would hold the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The Oyo State Governor said Wike\u2019s statement shocked him, and he (Makinde) won\u2019t be part of such plans.<\/p>\n<p>Makinde added that his resolve not to support <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>in 2027 hinges on the need to ensure democracy survives in Nigeria, the PDP remains a viable political party, and the country does not drift into a one-party state.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, President <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>didn\u2019t request Wike to hold the PDP for him, it was the FCT Minister who offered to hold the party for the president.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was in a meeting with President Tinubu, Nyesom Wike, and others when Wike volunteered to hold the PDP for <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>against 2027, and I was in shock<\/em>,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWike can support the president in 2027, but I will not.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See the video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abia Radio News<\/strong> recalls that both Wike and Makinde were part of the <strong>G5 Governors<\/strong> who openly supported Bola <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>of the APC against their own party\u2019s candidate, <strong>Atiku Abubakar<\/strong>, in the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>However, after the election, which was won by Tinubu, Wike\u2019s relationship with Makinde has deteriorated, with both men now supporting different factions of the PDP.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has vowed not to support the re-election bid of President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections. 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