Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has officially declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election, saying Nigeria urgently needs a reset amid worsening economic and social conditions.
Makinde made the announcement on Thursday during the joint mega rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
“The time to reset Nigeria is now. Therefore, today, I, Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, announce my candidacy for the position of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Makinde said.
The governor stated that the condition of the country has continued to decline, leaving many Nigerians struggling daily to survive. According to him, leaders entrusted with the responsibility of protecting citizens’ welfare have failed in their duties.
“This is why, for the past several months, one question has been at the top of my mind: where do we go from here? Is this how we should continue as a nation? We have been pushed to the wall with the belief that we will turn against ourselves or worst still, that we will become too weary to survive on a daily basis to fight back,” Makinde said.
He also dismissed claims that opposition parties in Nigeria cannot work together, insisting that Nigerians themselves now represent the true opposition due to growing dissatisfaction with the current state of the nation.
“They said opposition cannot unite, but I am here today to say that it is a miscalculation. The opposition in Nigeria is not just a political party. The opposition is the everyday Nigerian for whom the country does not work,” he added.
Makinde further announced a political alliance between the PDP and the APM, describing it as the beginning of a broader coalition ahead of the 2027 general election.
According to him, the alliance will allow both parties to present candidates across all elective positions nationwide.
“So today in Ibadan, the first grand alliance is formed. The alliance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). This handshake will allow us to field candidates at all levels. We will field candidates from top to bottom. We will field candidates from the presidency to state assemblies, and everything in between,” Makinde said.
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