Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, says the ongoing national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will bring a “turnaround” to the opposition party.
Makinde spoke in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, while addressing the delegates at the PDP convention holding at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba.
In recent months, some allies of Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), approached the court to stop the convention, resulting in a series of conflicting rulings on the matter.
The latest ruling came on Friday, when a federal high court sitting in Abuja, the nation’s capital, restrained the PDP from holding the event over the exclusion of Sule Lamido, the former governor of Jigawa, from the chairmanship race.
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The order followed a similar ruling last month. On October 31, James Omotosho, a judge of the Abuja federal high court, stopped the PDP from going ahead with the convention.
However, on November 4, the Oyo state high court ordered the PDP and Umar Damagum, the party’s national chairman, to proceed with the convention.
Speaking at the event, Makinde acknowledged the “long stretch of battle” to hold the convention, adding that the decision made will change the party’s trajectory.
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“It has been a long stretch of battle to get to this point. Despite all odds, this convention will go down as a turning point for the party nationally,” he said.
