2023: After failing to attend Atiku's campaign flag-off, PDP gov reveals party he's campaigning for

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo says he has been very busy campaigning for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ensure the party records victory in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.

The Oyo state governor was reacting to newsmen's question in Abuja regarding his absence at the PDP’s presidential campaign flag-off in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, AIT reported.

Legit.ng notes that Makinde was among the PDP governors who were absent during the party’s campaign flag-off in Uyo on Monday, October 12.

Others include Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Samuel Ortom of Benue, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, and Ifeanyi Ugwunayi of Enugu. It is believed that the governors stayed away following the party's failure to resolve the internal crisis and grant their demand: the removal of Iyorchia Ayu as national chairman. They had recently pulled out of the party’s presidential campaign team.

Asked on Wednesday if there is still a crisis in the PDP that made him not attend the presidential campaign flag-off in Uyo, Governor Makinde said he needed to be in Oyo rather than Uyo, TheCable also reported.

“I have been busy at home in Oyo state campaigning for everybody. Uyo is not where I need to put the votes together. It is in Oyo; so I stayed in Oyo,” the Oyo state governor was quoted as saying.