Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday said with the current situation on ground, it would be easy to say that God and the people of Nigeria have already rejected the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Makinde reiterated that those jostling to become the President under the (APC) should bury their ambitions because God and the Nigerian people have rejected the party.
Makinde, on Thursday, said in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, that those going around on the platform of the APC to campaign would be disappointed in 2023.
He spoke after the meeting of the Zonal Working Committee of the party held at the Government House, Ibadan.
The Governor also said a leader of the party in the South-West had been identified to be the one causing problems within the PDP in the region.
He said the leader causing the problem within the party had a case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
He advised the leader to stay with the PDP and do the right thing, saying if he defects to the ruling All Progressives Congress, he might end up in jail like former Governor Joshua Dariye; former Governor Jolly Nyame, and Senator Orji Kalu, who was sent to jail and freed after a while.
Although the Governor did not mention Ayo Fayose, the former Ekiti State governor has a case with the EFCC and he has been at loggerheads with Makinde in recent times.
Makinde said, “They told me that one of our leaders has been the major individual causing trouble in the South-West (PDP) and we deliberated to ask why that is so, and we said maybe because of the EFCC case or something like that.
“I said that shouldn’t be, because it is better to stay with your own party. Even if you have the EFCC case, the people that went and joined them [ruling party]; there is Joshua Dariye from Plateau and Reverend Jolly Nyame from Taraba, they ended up in jail. Even Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, it was only God that brought him out.
“So, that leader should forget about the EFCC case and do what is right for the party. Because I will just say it, for 2023, even God has rejected APC; the people of Nigeria have rejected them.
They can be jumping around saying this one or that one wants to be president in 2023, if we (PDP) get in, there will be double jeopardy for him because he will have to run back from APC to PDP.”