Regent of Oyo, Seyi machineon Thursday the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, at the governor’s office in Ibadan.
Mr. Makinde, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), received Mr. Tinubu and his entourage at the governor’s office in Agodi, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Mr. Makinde is one of five PDP governors who have demanded the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, as a condition for supporting the party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the presidential election.
The governor had shunned Atiku when the PDP candidate was in the state for a presidential campaign rally.
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Mr. Tinubu was accompanied on the visit by the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, Bisi Akande and other leaders of the APC.
At the time of filing this report, a meeting is ongoing between the governor and the APC presidential candidate.
The APC presidential rally in the state is scheduled for today and supporters of the party have besieged the Mapo Hall in Ibadan awaiting the arrival of the presidential candidate and his entourage.
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