Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, says he will not descent so low to go into the gutters with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, over the oncoming national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibadan.
Makinde said this on Thursday, while addressing pressmen after the PDP southern consultative zoning meeting.
On Wednesday, Wike said he was not invited to the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP, where the members approved Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, as the venue for the National Convention scheduled for November 15 and 16.
“I am not aware that they are going to a convention in Ibadan. As an NEC member, I have not been informed, nor have I been invited to the NEC meeting,” Wike said.
However, TheCable said its findings showed that the minister was invited to the meeting.
Meanwhile, reacting to Wike’s opposition to the PDP’s planned convention, Makinde said, “Personally, when people go low, or they go into the gutters, I don’t go with them”.
Earlier this month, Wike said the internal wrangling in the PDP would not be over until the party recognises the outcome of the South-south zonal congress held in Calabar, the capital of Cross River.
The South-south zone of the PDP had, on February 22, re-elected Dan Orbih, an ally of Wike, as its chairman.
In March, the PDP NWC_disowned the congress and rejected Orbih’s election.
