{"id":6013,"date":"2026-11-04T22:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T22:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=6013"},"modified":"2026-11-04T22:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T22:45:35","slug":"oyo-2027-makinde-eats-sour-grapes-adekambis-teeth-must-be-set-on-edge-by-sola-abegunde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=6013","title":{"rendered":"Oyo 2027: Makinde eats sour grapes, Adekambi&#8217;s teeth must be set on edge, by Sola Abegunde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*<strong><em>Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State of Nigeria has eaten sour grapes, and Bimbo Adekambi is bound to bear the consequences, as the governor&#8217;s political empire, which is built on lies, betrayals, failed promises, and greed keeps crumbling by the day<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sola Abegunde<\/p>\n<p>The confusion within the ranks of the Allied People&#8217;s Movement (APM) is difficult to describe at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>The Seyi Makinde political empire, which is built on lies, betrayals, failed promises and greed keeps crumbling by the day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vVv1i1kLRQ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=5983\">UBA faces legal battle as creditors attach Lagos HQs, FCT branches to recover N7.45bn judgement debt<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cUBA faces legal battle as creditors attach Lagos HQs, FCT branches to recover N7.45bn judgement debt\u201d \u2014 Consumer Experience Is A Top Priority\" src=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=5983&amp;embed=true#?secret=jjJunJF0OJ#?secret=vVv1i1kLRQ\" data-secret=\"vVv1i1kLRQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In fact, Makinde and APM&#8217;s lickspittles are providing me with unlimited amusement nowadays.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who left the Makinde Government is suddenly branded as &#8221; paperweight&#8221; by the APM e-rats.<\/p>\n<p>I used to wonder if those funny fellows are unaware of the wisdom behind the belief by the Yorubas that, even, cottonwool, if gathered in large quantities, could constitute a heavy load which no single human<\/p>\n<p>being could lift. (Eni ni owu o teru, iwonba to fee fi tan ina lo mu).<\/p>\n<p>You kept losing prominent politicians and party men, and you say they are paperweights.<\/p>\n<p>Which heavyweights has the right to cast more than one vote for his preferred candidate?<\/p>\n<p>I am sure, that, even, Adekambi must be wondering how things got this bad for the APM.<\/p>\n<p>Before his choice as Governor Makinde&#8217;s anointed gubernatorial candidate was made public, I granted an interview on a television station, and I declared that Bimbo Adekambi would be anointed by Makinde and that his choice as a successor to Makinde would spell doom for both of them.<\/p>\n<p>To each other, both are political albatross but Governor Makinde&#8217;s ego won&#8217;t allow him to see beyond his little imagination.<\/p>\n<p>I am particularly surprised that Adekambi didn&#8217;t realise that he was actually walking into a trap through his nomination by Makinde.<\/p>\n<p>Greed is, indeed, a big disease. In Adekanbi&#8217;s shoes, no reasonable person should have underrated the number of enemies Governor Makinde had succeeded in making for himself within seven years as Governor of Oyo State.<\/p>\n<p>It follows, therefore, that Adekambi would inherit those enemies of Makinde.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the fellow didn&#8217;t see it that way, or, perhaps, he overlooked the consequences of such possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>As of the time Governor Makinde, or, is it Seye Famojuro, who nominated Adekambi, the Governor of Oyo State was having issues with H. E. Amb. Taofik Oladejo Arapaja, Alhaji Bisi Olopoeyan, and several first-class Obas in Oyo State.<\/p>\n<p>As of that time, the Governor had parted ways with the likes of Senator Hosea Agboola, Alhaji Razak Gbadegesin, H. E. Barr. Gbolarunmi Hazeem, Chief Mrs. Jumoke Akinjide, Hon. Mulikat Adeola Akande, H. E. Engr. Rauf Aderemi Olaniyan, Prince Diran Odeyemi, H.E. former Governor Ayodele Fayose, H. E. former Governor Nyesom Wike and even, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, a lot of stakeholders within the Makinde political empire were uncomfortable with the process that threw up Adekambi as the gubernatorial candidate of the APM.<\/p>\n<p>As of that time, discussions around whether Governor Makinde should be succeeded by a Christian was in the frontline.<\/p>\n<p>People were also asking whether it makes sense for Governor Seyi Makinde to present Bimbo Adekambi as his anointed gubernatorial candidate, as a result of the fact that both of them are from Ona-Ara Local Government Area (LGA).<\/p>\n<p>There were growing agitations against the refusal of Governor Makinde to comply with the judgement of the Supreme Court which granted financial autonomy for Local Governments.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of the Circular Road, sales of government assets and the handing over of Oyo State Farm Settlements to Estate Developers were all issues around which arguments were so hot.<\/p>\n<p>The debt profile of Oyo State, which has remained a mystery and source of concerns was being debated before Adekambi accepted to be Makinde&#8217;s anointed gubernatorial candidate.<\/p>\n<p>You now wonder, what could have led Adekambi into accepting such a dangerous offer from Makinde?<\/p>\n<p>I could only think of one reason. Greed.<\/p>\n<p>When Makinde was saying, oh, I have told Adekambi not to inherit my enemies, he was being hypocritical.<\/p>\n<p>The enemies are automatically inherited immediately Adekambi accepted the offer<\/p>\n<p>Governor Makinde knows he is carrying a baggage which will automatically affect Adekambi negatively, and he doesn&#8217;t want to be a reference point in the discussions around Adekambi&#8217;s candidature.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for both of them, even the campaign slogan for Adekambi says it all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Omi Tuntun 3.0. So, how do you extricate Seyi Makinde from &#8221; Omi Tuntun&#8221; and the disaster it represents?<\/p>\n<p>Governor Makinde never hid his disdain for an autonomous Local Government.<\/p>\n<p>Adekambi adopted his template. A template that has contributed to the complete destruction of the 33 Local Governments.<\/p>\n<p>In every area where citizens of Oyo state have been crying out, under very severe pain, Adekambi is promising to continue Makinde&#8217;s draconian policies.<\/p>\n<p>He refused to condemn the attempts by Governor Makinde to hand over the Farm Settlement in Ogbomoso to estate developers, despite the protests by the people of the ancient town.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s been silent over the crisis that followed Governor Makinde&#8217;s attempts to do the same thing at Saki.<\/p>\n<p>He has no problem with the fact that Governor Makinde had handed over the 4,000 hectares Eruwa Farm Settlement to some investors who are nowhere to be found in two years.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Adekambi didn&#8217;t even know that Oyo State is short of six General Hospitals, if we go by a General Hospital per Local Government and when Senator Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli promised in his manifesto, to address the deficit, APM spokespersons began to foam in the mouth, labelling Alli&#8217;s Manifesto as &#8220;lacking in originality&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Makinde has been in office for over seven years.<\/p>\n<p>Within this period, he has received Ecological funds several times.<\/p>\n<p>You would now wonder, what has happened to those funds? I have been reliably informed that the purveyor of Omi Tuntun cannot account for the Ecological funds received by him as Governor of Oyo State for seven years plus.<\/p>\n<p>Bimbo Adekambi himself was appointed by the&nbsp; Governor to head a committee on the upgrade of the Alakia Airport.<\/p>\n<p>I was reliably informed that the contracts for the upgrade of the Airport was varied upwards to well over N150bn from the original N50bn plus.<\/p>\n<p>I have asked this question before now, but, I have not seen or heard him defend the allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Makinde approved sums of money, well over N60bn for the renovations of the Government House against public outcry.<\/p>\n<p>As of today, a Hall was constructed. The Government House Mosque and Church were painted and the tiles of both places of worship changed.<\/p>\n<p>I challenge Governor Makinde to tell the public, how much of the over N60bn for the renovations of the Government House has been released.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, I challenge the Governor to invite the Press to conduct an assessment of the job done already.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Oyo is languishing at the bottom of the table both on WAEC and NECO examinations index while Osun State is celebrating a fifth position.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Alli is saying, we have to go back to a system that will make teaching and learning conducive.<\/p>\n<p>The 30 Pupils per classroom policy, but the APM people are saying, no, it is not possible.<\/p>\n<p>Adekambi, as the gubernatorial candidate of the APM, through his silence, also believes that we must continue with the present arrangements, where classrooms in our public primary and secondary schools are terribly congested and not conducive for learning.<\/p>\n<p>Oyo will not accept that. Now, they have a better choice in Sarafadeen Abiodun Alli.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Makinde has eaten sour grapes. Adekambi is bound to bear the consequences. His teeth will be set on edge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State of Nigeria has eaten sour grapes, and Bimbo Adekambi is bound to bear the consequences, as the governor&#8217;s political&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State (l) and Bimbo Adekambi","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_customify_content_layout":"","_customify_sidebar":"","_customify_page_header_display":"default","_customify_disable_header":"","_customify_disable_header_top":"","_customify_disable_header_main":"","_customify_disable_header_bottom":"","_customify_disable_page_title":"","_customify_disable_content_vertical_padding":"","_customify_disable_footer_top":"","_customify_disable_footer_main":"","_customify_disable_footer_bottom":"","_customify_breadcrumb_display":"","_customify_header_transparent_display":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,20,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-highlights","category-infoeducation"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/images.jpg",550,306,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/images-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/images-300x167.jpg",300,167,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/images.jpg",550,306,false],"large":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/images.jpg",550,306,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/images.jpg",550,306,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/images.jpg",550,306,false]},"author_info":{"info":["ConsumerConnect"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=14\" rel=\"category\">Columns<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=20\" rel=\"category\">Highlights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">InfoEducation<\/a>","tag_info":"InfoEducation","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6017,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6013\/revisions\/6017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}