Makinde, loyalists absent at Oyo press conference for Atiku

News Express |3rd Jan 2023 | 449

Seyi Makinde and Atiku Abubakar

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and his loyalists were conspicuously absent at the pre-Atiku Freedom March press conference for the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, held at the state Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday.

The press briefing was jointly addressed by former ministers of Federal Capital Territory (State), Jumoke Akinjide, Mines and Steel Development, Wole Oyelese and former deputy governor of the state, Hazeem Gbolarumi and another chieftain of the party, Femi Babalola. (The PUNCH)

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