₦airaland Forum

Sakamaje:
A coalition of parties (SDP, ZLP, and ADC) collapsed their structures in order for him to win after previous failed trials. Even he himself admitted that.

So technically he could not have won without eem?.
Now I understand why godfatherism will be so difficult to defeat.

DimIsaac10:
So technically he could not have won without eem?.
Now I understand why godfatherism will be so difficult to defeat.

It can be very difficult for a politician to win a governorship or presidential election on his own strength, without forming alliances or leveraging on the structures of others, in our political environment. It happened with Obiano when Peter Obi used his structures to make him governor, Oshiomhole did same for Obaseki, Tinubu for Fashola, Adedibu for Ladoja. The politicians often play along until they become governor and then they try to build a separate structure to stand alone for reelection, sometimes it works, other times it doesn't.

In Makinde's case, he decamped from SDP to PDP after failing to become governor under the former in 2015. But unfortunately PDP wasn't strong enough to singlehandedly defeat APC at the time and he was wise enough to realize that much, therefore the best option was for him to enter into alliances/partner with other parties to leverage on their own structure.

Perceived popularity is not enough to win elections in Nigeria. Structures do. And some of these structures are in the hands of local politicians who give directions as to who their followers in the grassroots should vote for.

bigcasava1:
Southwest so much love divide rule system

They are just too senseless. It is the Muslims among them that are pushing this stories to paint Seyi Makinde black. They are still in sifia pains that they Alahaji Adelabu was beaten blue-black on the Election. I pity gullible Senseless Christians that have been brainwashed to be speaking against Makinde. Their eyes would soon be clear when their enemies once again reclaim Oyo State and impose Islam like Rauf did in Osun State.

DestroyEvil:
They are just too senseless. It is the Muslims among them that are pushing this stories to paint Seyi Makinde black. They are still in sifia pains that they Alahaji Adelabu was beaten blue-black on the Election. I pity gullible Senseless Christians that have been brainwashed to be speaking against Makinde. Their eyes would soon be clear when their enemies once again reclaim Oyo State and impose Islam like Rauf did in Osun State.

You're too stoopid. So, it was only the christians that voted for him in 2019?