Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday lamented that out of the three major candidates who contested the 2023 presidential election, only the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has not called or sent a message to him to commiserate with the people of the state over the recent explosion in the state capital, Ibadan.
Five people were confirmed dead while seventy-seven sustained varying degrees of injuries and fifty-eight houses were damaged during the explosion that rocked Adeji, Old Bodija in Ibadan.
Makinde made his position known in Ibadan while receiving the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, during his visit to the Governor’s Office, to commiserate with the government and the people of the state, noting that Atiku’s silence sent a troubling message about his character and judgment.
Makinde stated that he was revealing this so as to let the leaders of the nation and his party, PDP know that there is time for politics, governance and humanity.
The governor said, “Let me use this opportunity to thank the former Governor of Anambra and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi for the visit.
“I thank him because politics didn’t seep into this. You came here to commiserate with us over the explosion. Investigation is going on. It was simply illegal miners storing explosives in an environment where they shouldn’t be.
“It is a place where it’s meant for people to live in. It’s not a mining site. So, all the lapses that allowed such to happen have been looked into.
“I am particularly grateful because the musketeers that went for the presidential election have reached out to me. The president has called me, you have reached out to me, but my own party candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has not called or even sent a text message.
“And I am saying it openly, so that our leaders will know that there is time for politics, you have a time for governance and you have a time for humanity. So, we want to say thank you so much, sir. We appreciate this visit.”
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