Fresh political realignments may be underway in Oyo State as Governor Seyi Makinde is set to hold a crucial stakeholders’ meeting on Monday, with indications that he may unveil a new political platform for his loyalists ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Mega Icon Magazine gathered exclusively that the meeting, expected to hold at either the Oyo State Government Secretariat or the Government House in Ibadan, will involve political appointees, party leaders and core supporters of the governor.
Sources within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) disclosed that the meeting is coming on the heels of Makinde’s high-level consultations with key opposition figures across the country, fuelling speculations of a looming political shift.
Over the weekend, Makinde, alongside Bauchi State Governor and Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Bala Mohammed, held a closed-door meeting with former Bayelsa State Governor and National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Seriake Dickson, in Bauchi.
The consultations later moved to Kano where Makinde and Dickson met with former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.
Although the meeting was officially described as an Eid-el-Fitr visit, insiders hinted that discussions centred on possible alliances and the search for a viable political platform ahead of 2027.
The consultations followed stalled reconciliation efforts between PDP governors and the bloc loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, further deepening the crisis within the opposition party.
A highly placed PDP source in Oyo State told Mega Icon Magazine that Monday’s meeting may produce a directive for Makinde’s loyalists with 2027 ambitions to pursue their aspirations under a new political platform.
“The governor is expected to brief stakeholders on his recent consultations. He may ask those with ambitions to move to another platform that will be unveiled, while he and a few others remain in PDP to pursue pending litigations,” the source said.
The source added that Governor Makinde and some loyalists, including former Deputy Governor Taofeek Arapaja , may remain in the PDP to prosecute ongoing legal battles with the Wike-led faction up to the Supreme Court.
Another insider disclosed that the governor is weighing options between the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as possible alternative platforms.
