I have capacity to be President – Gov Makinde

The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday declared that he has what it takes to become Nigeria’s president.

He disclosed this in an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.

Makinde is a second-term governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

However, he said the 2027 elections would be a contest between Nigerians and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, rather than between PDP and APC.

Makinde said: “I don’t have any doubt that I have the capacity to occupy the highest office in this land and I have what it takes but what I want to do right now, is it what Nigerians are asking for right now, is it what my party will say we should do, we don’t know; we still have a long time to go.

“But where we are right now is that we must fix our party, we must have a platform for you to even aspire to be anything.

“Let me also say this: If my political journey ends here, I am also happy.”