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Makinde says Tinubu has no monopoly on Yoruba support

The Oyo governor tells Arise News he is open to working with Peter Obi or Atiku Abubakar as he sets out his presidential plans.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 129,651 views a day, 56 times a normal first day on this channel (2,299).

Seyi Makinde: Let Me Be The Yoruba President, Not Tinubu+ I’m Open To Peter Obi, Atiku Alliance

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11:04Makinde pledges one presidential term and a government of national unity.
11:47He proposes a constitutional change requiring a presidential candidate to win an outright majority of the national vote.
20:00He argues Yoruba voters deserve alternatives and rejects regional loyalty as a reason not to challenge Tinubu.
29:35His security plan backs state policing, with implementation adapted to individual states.
35:18He calls for publication of the fuel pricing template and argues petrol prices can be reduced.
47:09Makinde confirms he is open to an alliance with Peter Obi or Atiku Abubakar.

Does supporting Bola Tinubu in 2023 mean Seyi Makinde should stand aside for him again? In his interview with Ojy Okpe, the Oyo State governor gives a clear answer: Yoruba voters should have a choice.

"They must have choices," Makinde says, before making the appeal that gives the Arise News interview its title: "Let me be the Yoruba president." Running on the Allied Peoples Movement platform, he rejects the idea that challenging a sitting Yoruba president amounts to betraying regional interests.

The Presidential Series interview reached roughly 117,000 views in 19 hours, far beyond the channel's usual start for a regular video. A separate Short highlighting his openness to working with Obi and Atiku also drew an unusually large audience for the channel's Shorts.

There is a distinction between that openness and an agreed alliance. Makinde confirms he would work with either politician towards his proposed reset of Nigeria, but the interview does not announce a joint ticket. He also pledges to serve only one presidential term and form a government of national unity.

Okpe's questions take the conversation beyond electoral arrangements. Makinde proposes changing the constitution so a presidential candidate would need an outright majority of the national vote. On security, he backs state policing with room for different states to implement it differently.

His fuel-price proposal is more specific than a promise of cheaper petrol: he says the federal government should publish the petroleum pricing template, and commits to disclosing it from his first day in office.