Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has said Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC), will be shocked in 2023 for thinking Nigerians would make the mistake of keeping the APC in power.
Makinde who made the statement at a well-attended inauguration of the zonal executive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West, at the Government House, Oke-Oyinbo, Agodi, Ibadan, on Wednesday, also said the PDP, will do everything possible to ensure the country is rescued from a party which came to power by mistake.
Tinubu had said in a recent statement, while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, that he remains upbeat that APC has the support of Nigerians and will retain power and rule beyond 2023.
He said: “The chances are as bright as a midnight star and we will continue to work for a better Nigeria.
However, Makinde, who is the only PDP governor in the South West, said it would never happen.
“It is time for PDP at the national level to put together a committee to start making zoning of positions for the party nationally. This is end of April and the current national committee has up till December, and we have the national elections that will come up in less than two years from now. Our party at the national level must show leadership. We must show entire country that we are ready to take power back at the centre.
“I read in the newspaper that the National Leader of APC, said APC will be in power beyond 2023. It is a big lie. Let them hear that from this South West PDP congress, the redemption of Nigeria has started. Nigerians are tired of all the misgovernance of APC at the national level. Is it insecurity? Is it economic meltdown? Is it aloofness of the entire leadership of the government at the national level?
“We in the PDP, starting from South West, we are ready to provide leadership for our country.”