BEVERLY HILLS, April 12, (THEWILL) – The disagreement between former Ekiti State’s Governor Ayodele Fayose and Oyo State’s Governor Seyi Makinde over the leadership of the South-West arm of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) appeared to have been laid to rest on Monday.
Speaking at the Wocdiff Centre, Osogbo, venue of the PDP Zonal Congress, Fayose acknowledged, “The Governor of Oyo State, Governor Seyi Makinde, my brother, my friend and by the grace of God, our leader.”
Fayose also apologised to members of the party not in his faction for all they had all gone through over the years.
“I and Seyi Makinde are one from the beginning,” Fayose said, praying that the tenure of Makinde as the party leader in the South-West would usher the PDP into a season of great accomplishments.
“Nothing lasts forever, if I offend anybody, I apologise,” he added.
The leadership of the South-West arm of the PDP had recently been embroiled in crisis with Fayose and Makinde making claims and counter claims.
Makinde, a first-term Governor, is the only PDP Governor in the South-West zone while the other five states in the region are ruled by the governors from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The leadership tussle between Makinde and Fayose had since degenerated into verbal confrontations.
Fayose had threatened to “work against” Makinde in the 2023 elections if the Oyo Governor continued to “disrespect” him.
However, the party last Wednesday called a meeting and settled the differences between Makinde and Fayose.
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