Barring any last-minute politicking, former Governor of Osun, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, will be named as the Director-General of the presidential campaign council of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
It was gathered that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State was earlier tipped for the role before he was dropped over his closeness to his Rivers counterpart, Nyesom Wike.
In a chat with Vanguard, a PDP chieftain who doesn’t want his name mentioned said that South West does not need the Director General appointment, saying that the holder of the position is just an appointee.
He disclosed that the region only needs the position of the National Chairman because he is the chairman of the campaign council.
The PDP leader, however, said if the PDP Presidental candidate, Atiku Abubakar, does not respect the South-West, he will lose massively in the region.
According to him, “I stand by what I said, if Atiku does not respect the South-West, he will lose massively. What is D-G? What do we want to do with the D-G? We don’t want their D-G position.
“We want the National Chairman because he is the chairman of the campaign. The D-G is just an appointee.
“I heard they want to make Oyinlola chairman of the campaign but I will oppose them, I will fight them and I will mobilize the Yoruba people to back out from the campaign. They will be surprised.”
