Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. Photo: Oyo State Govt
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, disclosed that a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress had earlier warned him against contesting against President Bola Tinubu in 2027 following his (Tinubu) endorsement by the APC as its presidential candidate in the next election.
He made this known in his July 2026 monthly newsletter, a copy of which was obtained by The PUNCH in Ibadan, the state capital, on Thursday.
Apparently reacting to the verdict of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday, restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from proceeding with its planned investigation into the finances of the Oyo State Government, Makinde said a day after the warning, the EFCC requested copies of all the state government contracts and payments to contractors from 2021, without identifying any contractor, company, transaction or alleged offence.
The PUNCH reports that the court, while delivering its judgment on suit no: FHC/IB/CS/61/2025, filed by the state government, acknowledged the EFCC’s statutory powers to investigate financial infractions and crimes but emphasized that such powers must be exercised strictly in line with the Constitution and the rule of law.
