Makinde’s ambition won’t affect Tinubu’s chances in S/West — Adeyeye

By Adeyemi Adeleye

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Dayo Adeyeye, says the presidential ambition of Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State will not diminish the massive support President Bola Tinubu enjoys in the Southwest ahead of the 2027 general election.

Adeyeye, National Chairman of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA), stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Suday in Lagos.

He was reacting to Makinde’s official declaration to contest the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) against Tinubu.

According to Adeyeye, Makinde’s entry into the race poses no threat to Tinubu’s political dominance and popularity in the region.

“It is within his (Makinde’s) constitutional rights to do that, but I doubt if it will have any impact at all on the massive support Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has garnered in the region.

“The President is fully entrenched and his support has grown greatly because of many good things he has brought to the region.

“We cannot continue to list them, including appointments of key Southwest people into many important positions.

“The Southwest has never had it this good since the advent of democracy,” Adeyeye said.

The APC stalwart said Tinubu’s growing acceptance across the region had already positioned him strongly for re-election.

According to him, Makinde’s ambition remains “immaterial and inconsequential” to the President’s electoral strength in the Southwest.