Governor Seyi Makinde received a warning in absentia from the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Adewale Egbedun, who on Tuesday stormed the venue of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship primary to
Egbedun fired a message to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, warning him against using Osun State to feather a 2027 presidential ambition.
The Speaker stormed the hall and angrily declared that those gathered at the venue lacked the locus standi to conduct party primaries in Osun State, whose Governor Ademola Adeleke a day earlier resigned from the party.
Egbedun, accompanied by his deputy, Hon. Akinyode Oyewusi, and other lawmakers, arrived at Adolak Event Centre shortly after the primary winner was declared, expressing opposition to the exercise.
He later spoke to newsmen.
Egbedun said, “I am the Speaker of Osun, I am a leader in my state and in the PDP. We were on the floor of the house when we received calls that some people were here, all the way from Oyo State, to come just to have a vote that we call a drama.
“I am a leader of PDP and a bona fide member of the Party. I used the PDP ticket to win my election in 2023. So it’s very strange to see videos of people calling themselves PDP members. I could remember that there was a message that there was going to be a Congress. We were waiting for them, and we received another message that the Congress had been postponed.
“This is a message to Gov Seyi Makinde, if he is desperate to become President come 2027, he should use another state as a tool, not Osun state. We are bona fide PDP members; we have 25 House of Assembly members, 5 Rep members, and senators.
“For a Governor from another state to come to our state to dictate to us, we won’t take that. This is a message to everybody that we won’t take this anymore. They came here to do what I can call a drama, and this will be the end of it.
“We do not have any notifications whatsoever from any office. I am the Speaker, and a Governor from another state will come to dictate to us; we won’t take that. We will have a meeting and decide on what to do.”
