The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has said that there was no peaceful elections in Oyo State before his assumption to office in 2019.
Makinde said this during the inauguration of the elders’ council
State Secretariat on Tuesday on 6th of February 2024.
Speaking before pronouncing the Council inaugurated, Governor Makinde said his administration had done well in transforming Oyo State in terms of its politics and governance.
The governor made a particular reference to the peaceful conduct of the House of Assembly by-election in Saki West Local Government, where the ruling PDP lost, saying that the result showed that he had moved Oyo State away from the politics of violence and win-at-all-costs syndrome, which used to be the order of the day before he assumed office in 2019.
He said: “We are just coming from a by-election, which we lost three days ago. First, it is a demonstration that, in Oyo State, we have moved away from the politics of brigandage and getting results at all costs because we allow the will of the people to prevail.
“But we are proud that it is our state and we are not doing anything to jeopardise the peace, progress, and development of our state.”
