After the PDP group led by Taminu Turaki met with ADC leaders following their Ocuppy INEC protest, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde clarified why this visit was necessary.
Amidst the current political turmoil, Makinde visited the ADC’s factional leadership to show solidarity, according to him.
Following an all-night meeting between ADC and a portion of the PDP’s leadership, the governor addressed the media.
Recent happenings in the political sphere, such as legal proceedings and demonstrations, influenced the visit, he claimed.
We have witnessed the events unfolding in the political sphere, the courtroom, and the protests, so we have come to express our solidarity and pledge to create a clean democratic environment in our nation,” he stated, adding that they had come to visit the ADC leadership as part of a solidarity visit.
At Mark’s house in Apo, Abuja, the ADC group headed by David Mark and Turaki’s faction had gathered for the strategic opposition meeting.
Former governors Rotimi Amaechi, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Aminu Tambuwal, Peter Obi, and Babangida Aliyu were among those in attendance at the high-level meeting, which also included former attorney general Abubakar Malami.
Taofeek Arapaja, the PDP national secretary, and Jerry Gana, the former minister of information, were also in attendance.
The ADC’s protest at the INEC offices in Abuja, which occurred only hours before the closed-door meeting, indicated increasing political tension and planned opposition action.