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Makinde Warns Oyo Lawmakers: ‘Be Careful What You Do to Me, I’ll Remain Governor Till May 2027’
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has issued a striking warning to members of the state House of Assembly, urging them to be mindful of their actions towards him, insisting that he will remain governor until May 29, 2027.
Makinde, who spoke on Tuesday while presenting the proposed N1.12 trillion 2027 Appropriation Bill to the lawmakers, said he would still have several months in office after the 2027 elections and could take actions that residents would not easily forget.
The governor, who appeared to make the remark jokingly, said although he would be relocating to Abuja after the 2027 elections, he would remain in charge of Oyo State until the expiration of his tenure.
“Please, be careful what you do to me because, after the election, I will still be the governor of this state until May 29, 2027,” Makinde told the lawmakers.
He added: “Even though I will be moving to Abuja, I can still do something in this state between February and May that people will never forget.”
Makinde then drew a lesson from an experience during his secondary school days at Bishop Philips Academy, Ibadan, recalling how a teacher once flogged students after claiming he had received a spiritual message about his impending death.
According to him, the teacher told the students that he would not die until June and warned that they would never forget the incident.
Makinde said the students eventually graduated in June and remembered the teacher’s prediction, using the story to reinforce his warning to the lawmakers.
He said: “So, don’t let me say the same thing to you all. Until May 29, 2027, don’t let me do something that people will never forget.”
N1.12trn ‘Budget of Sustained Progress’
The governor presented a proposed N1.12 trillion budget for the 2027 fiscal year, christened the “Budget of Sustained Progress.”
Of the proposed expenditure, N670.03 billion, representing 60.07 percent, was earmarked for capital expenditure, while N445.31 billion, representing 39.93 percent, was allocated to recurrent expenditure.
The presentation came against the backdrop of political movements within the governor’s administration, including the resignation of some key political appointees.
Among those who recently left the government was Segun Ogunwuyi, Makinde’s former Chief of Staff, who resigned in October and subsequently aligned with Senator Sharafadeen Alli, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state.
Makinde, while reacting to the development, said he had been keeping count of those who had exited his administration but insisted that their departures had not affected the government’s direction.
The governor also disclosed that one of the female officials who resigned had previously approached him with a request he considered impossible.
According to Makinde, after he declined the request, the official subsequently submitted her resignation.
Despite the recent political exits, the governor maintained that the development would neither distract his administration nor derail its commitment to completing its mandate before the expiration of his tenure in May 2027.
