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Former Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola has said his endorsement of President Bola Tinubu for the 2027 presidential election has expired.

Recall that Oyinlola was among the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stakeholders in Osun State who endorsed Tinubu for a second term on July 20, 2025.

However, during an interview on Channels Television, the former governor was asked whether he still stood by the endorsement. He responded, "It has expired."

Oyinlola, a PDP member, went on to explain the circumstances that led to the endorsement, saying it was motivated by the political situation in Osun State at the time.

"Reason being that if you need to catch a monkey, you have to behave like one. We have a problem in Osun State. The local government funds are missing. The issue of who the rightful occupants of the local government offices are is not settled, and we believe that it's within the purview of Mr President to resolve that. But that is not coming.

"So, if we are in that kind of situation, we need to find out how to wriggle out of the problem, so that our people..., because local government is the closest arm of government to the people," he said.

He described the endorsement as a political chess move intended to address the challenges facing the state, but said it failed to produce the desired results.

"We did not achieve anything, and I exited it almost immediately," Oyinlola added.

The former governor has since declared his support for Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, who is reportedly seeking the presidency in the 2027 general election on the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM.

AMINDA:
This is also the thought process of governor Adeleke. He is just holding on until he gets his local government funds released, but Tinubu himself knows this and has refused to release the local government funds. Cunnyman die, cunnyman bury am. The people of Osun are the most independent-minded voters in the Southwest. They didn't vote Tinubu in 2023 and still won't vote him in 2027. Adeleke or not. If the endorsement of Tinubu was popular amongst the grassroots in Osun, Oyinlola will not be recanting.

P.S: Tinubu also gives his word and reneges on it like it's nothing. It's part of what his lackeys call master strategy. Moral flexibility is not a virtue. Real men know that word is bond.

Akpakomiza2:
Lol, oyinlola is a political nobody. Atiku can have him. So sad that nobody wants useless Atiku

AMINDA:
Okay, noted. Have you seen the latest coming from Nassarawa state?

Akpakomiza2:
How does this help Atiku in a state he took last? You yourself agreed it is an internal issue. When you have nothing to say, better keep silent. Tinubu will bury Atiku here

Another tension from APC Presidential Campaign Today In Lafia@Benzfresh pic.twitter.com/vESnJl1lQF

— Nasarawa Daily news (@NNasarawa1) November 4, 2026

AMINDA:
Hmmm. Internal issues with less than 80 days to an election? Okay o. This internal issues go deep o. The APC rally in Nassarawa was a disaster. They didn't even show any single respect for the VP. Continue to place bandage over a bullet wound while pretending that everything is okay. Tinubu's greed and selfishness has destroyed the party.

Another tension from APC Presidential Campaign Today In Lafia@Benzfresh pic.twitter.com/vESnJl1lQF

— Nasarawa Daily news (@NNasarawa1) November 4, 2026

Ofunaofu:
Tinubu knows that he has done nothing to deserve a second term:

After this much hardship, he has very little to campaign on and even less moral standing to look Nigerians in the eye and ask for a second term.

That may explain why he seems more comfortable staying away from the people than taking his message directly to them.

His strategy now appears to be simple: let the governors do the talking, mobilise the machinery, and somehow manufacture the votes.

But elections are not supposed to be a relay race where governors carry a failed administration across the finish line.

If Tinubu is truly confident in his record, let him come out, face Nigerians, defend his performance, and ask for their votes.

You cannot hide from the people and still expect the people to reward you.

AMINDA:
Hmmm. Internal issues with less than 80 days to an election? Okay o. This internal issues go deep o. The APC rally in Nassarawa was a disaster. They didn't even show any single respect for the VP. Continue to place bandage over a bullet wound while pretending that everything is okay. Tinubu's greed and selfishness has destroyed the party.

Another tension from APC Presidential Campaign Today In Lafia@Benzfresh pic.twitter.com/vESnJl1lQF

— Nasarawa Daily news (@NNasarawa1) November 4, 2026

etokhana:
https://x.com/DailyPostNGR/status/2118212439653441894?a=98sij2scvu9fuNTGj04&s=19[/quote]Its very funny when these old men don't know when to retire, baba adeleke beat you silly at your doorstep in odo otin lga in the last guber elections despite all your campaigning against him.......if you make seyi makinde win your lga,I will retract thi statement and apologise 1k times.

Gotocourt:
Was Abdullahi Adamu denied entry?

AMINDA:
Looks like it. Even Al-Makura was denied entry into the section where Shettima was. The APC are treating the last remnants of the Buhari's CPC bloc that remained in the party with disdain. Tinubu wants to take it all in his characteristic selfish manner.

AMINDA:
Looks like it. Even Al-Makura was denied entry into the section where Shettima was. The APC are treating the last remnants of the Buhari's CPC bloc that remained in the party with disdain. Tinubu wants to take it all in his characteristic selfish manner.

Akpakomiza2:
Lol, oyinlola is a political nobody. Atiku can have him. So sad that nobody wants useless Atiku

Ofunaofu:
You cannot hide from the people and still expect the people to reward you.

SixSeven:
I have no problem with Tinubu anymore. The joke is not on him, the joke is on Nigeria as a society. A society that lacks integrity and explains away questionable things is making itself look like a clownish society. Tinubu is not the problem, it is the society that made it acceptable to lack integrity that is. In a normal society, it is APC as a party that would have screened out Tinubu, not the court. APC would have looked at who had better qualifications and moral compass as a party. It's not everything that is court or has to be written in the constitution. Some things are moral but what do I know? A whole SAN reminded us that the law is not moral and that's one of the first lessons I learned in law. Education is not enough, you can be educated but not learned, you can go to school but not schooled, you can come from a home but not raised properly and you can claim a lot of things but never be able to tell truth. Integrity is very expensive, all the money in the world cannot buy it.

Seun: Does the President have evidence that he went to school, or did he homeschool for primary and secondary school?

Babatunde Ogala: The president will answer your questions when you ask him.

[Babatunde Ogala, SAN and former APC National Legal Adviser speaking on President… pic.twitter.com/ln9Ydj8bVJ

— Channels Television (@channelstv) August 6, 2026

When you say the truth in this country, you will begin to sound like a moralist, like a virgin, like a saint because we know what is true but it pains us when someone else is saying it and is not willing to participate in our lies. You don't look like you are normal anymore. Look at the Jemima Osunde video the other day, the comments to her outrage were not commending her, they were trying to normalize the madness they have created. Look at the drug smuggler Mawra and his NDLEA team caught, they were not even worried by the crime. They just wanted to replace him. Thieves. Idiotic thieves. They are so poor that the only thing they have is money.

Ofunaofu:
Tinubu knows that he has done nothing to deserve a second term:

After this much hardship, he has very little to campaign on and even less moral standing to look Nigerians in the eye and ask for a second term.

That may explain why he seems more comfortable staying away from the people than taking his message directly to them.

His strategy now appears to be simple: let the governors do the talking, mobilise the machinery, and somehow manufacture the votes.

But elections are not supposed to be a relay race where governors carry a failed administration across the finish line.

If Tinubu is truly confident in his record, let him come out, face Nigerians, defend his performance, and ask for their votes.

You cannot hide from the people and still expect the people to reward you.

pdppower:
I don't know why Nigerians are so stubborn. The man has said that if he doesn't give us constant electricity we should not vote him for the second term. He has failed to do that. Then why are we hell bent on returning him?

Ofunaofu:
Tinubu knows that he has done nothing to deserve a second term:

After this much hardship, he has very little to campaign on and even less moral standing to look Nigerians in the eye and ask for a second term.

That may explain why he seems more comfortable staying away from the people than taking his message directly to them.

His strategy now appears to be simple: let the governors do the talking, mobilise the machinery, and somehow manufacture the votes.

But elections are not supposed to be a relay race where governors carry a failed administration across the finish line.

If Tinubu is truly confident in his record, let him come out, face Nigerians, defend his performance, and ask for their votes.

You cannot hide from the people and still expect the people to reward you.

BigkokoRep:
Tinubu will not spend a night in Aso Rock beyond May 29, 2027