Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has debunked insinuations that he is planning to leave the party under which he got elected, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) , Njenje Media News reports.
In a statement issued on Monday by his spokesman, Taiwo Adisa, the governor described reports of his defection as “a concocted falsehood from purveyors of fake news, who are bent on maligning the governor at all cost.”
“There is a concocted lie doing the rounds about Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State planning to dump the PDP,” he said.
“This is the latest in the rounds of false reports and fake news, weapons which some individuals have employed to wage needless war against the governor.
“It becomes imperative to attack the hydra-headed monster of fake news and false reports and this particular report raised all the red flags of fake news, as it was based on alleged hints from an individual who claimed not to want his name in print”, he added.
The governor maintained that he had no plan to defect to another party and affirmed that he remained a strong pillar of the party leading the mission for its resurgence in the South-West.
The Oyo governor vowed not to be distracted by the ridiculous lies being circulated by those he described as enemies within and without.
Njenje Media News recalls that news were rife recently that the lone PDP governor in the South-West has concluded plans with his supporters to join the Advanced Democratic Congresss (ADC) as a result of bickering in the party. He had reportedly exited a WhatsApp group that houses the Oyo PDP in anger over a disagreement with a member on the state of security in the state.
