PDP Leaders Celebrate Success Together But Can’t Handle Failure Collectively – Seyi Makinde

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has come out to say that the Peoples Democratic Party lost the 2020 Ondo State Governorship election due to disunity and division in the party.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, they valuable lessons from the 2020 Ondo State governorship election was that, while party leaders and members can celebrate success together, failure is challenging to handle collectively.

He added that the party’s latest ticket will not be given easily to any aspirant, and it will be a competitive battle among all contenders.

His words, “We learned from the last governorship election. Actually, you learn more when you fail than when you succeed. So we learned bitter lessons.

For the benefit of everybody, the governorship election in Ondo State is not going to be handed over to anybody. It will be a fight. As PDP, we will fight.

If, in the past four years ago, we had that division within us that allowed the seat to slip away from us. At this time, we are united and we will stay united to the election. So this is a time for us to come together.

We may disagree on a few things but from our situation in the Oyo States. Yes, we have disagreements, but we’re solving our problems even as we speak. We’re not solving it outside. We’re solving it right inside the Government House.

So if you disagree, it’s normal. But let us win the Government House and then all the areas of disagreement we will keep addressing it. We can only share success; failure is difficult to share. So, by God’s grace, we shall be successful in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election.

This meeting is part of the fulfillment of the process of the primaries that is before us, and we invited you here so that we’ll have an interactive session.

We invite you to talk freely. I want to encourage all members to express their views, but please, do so with caution. I also want to reiterate that there is going to be only one candidate. I know there are many contestants interested in this, but only one candidate will emerge. So, as we proceed, I urge us to act with a lot of caution.

We have three points to discuss: the mode of the primaries, consensus, and zoning.”