By Tunde Olamilekan
The speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Hon Adewale Egbedun, has warned Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde against using Osun State as a ladder for his presidential ambition.
Egbedun gave the warning after storming the venue of the primary election of the People Democratic Party in Osogbo, Osun State capital.
osun.life reports that Adebayo Olugbenga Adedamola emerged winner of the primary with 919 votes.
Addressing journalists at the venue of the primary, Egbedun, said, “I am the Speaker of Osun; I am a leader in my state and in the PDP. We were on the floor of the house when we received calls that some people were here all the way from Oyo State to come just to have a vote, which we call a drama.
“I am a leader of PDP and a bona fide member of the party. I used the PDP ticket to win my election in 2023. So it’s very strange to see videos of people calling themselves PDP members. I could remember that there was a message that there was going to be a congress. We were waiting for them, and we received another message that the Congress has been postponed.”
He further tasked Gov. Makinde to use another state as a tool for his ambition, saying, “This is a message to Gov. Seyi Makinde: if he is desperate to become president come 2027, he should use another state as a tool, not Osun State. We are bona fide PDP members; we have 25 House of Assembly members, 5 Rep members, and senators.
“For a governor from another state to come to our state to dictate to us, we won’t take that. This is a message to everybody that we won’t take this anymore. They came here to do what I can call a drama, and this will be the end of it.”
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