Media personality, Babajide Kolade-Otitoju, has said Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, did not obtain the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential form because he knows he may not be on the ballot without joining the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
Kolade-Otitoju stated this on Thursday during an interview programme on TVC.
He also questioned why Makinde and his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, failed to pick presidential forms from the Taminu Turaki-led PDP.
According to him, Makinde understands that he would not be on the ballot if he did not join the APM.
“Why did Makinde and his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, not obtain presidential form from the Taminu Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP?” he asked.
‘No Merger Without INEC’
Kolade-Otitoju also dismissed talks of a merger, saying no valid merger could take place without the involvement of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“Forget all the noise about the merger, you can’t do a merger without the regulator, INEC,” he said.
He compared the current situation with the formation of the All Progressives Congress in 2013, saying the process that produced the APC was different.
“APC came up with a merger back then, around 2013, but not in this form. An individual cannot just get up having lost out in the power game and then say we have a merger,” he said.