Primate Ayodele warns Makinde against his deputy impeachment

Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has warned the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde against impeaching his deputy, Rauf Olaniyan.

Primate Ayodele stated that impeaching Olaniyan would affect  Seyi Makinde second term ambition.

He spoke amid reported cold-war between Makinde and Olaniyan.

Reports had it that there were moves to impeach the deputy governor by the Oyo state House of Assembly by lawmakers loyal to the Makinde.

However, the cleric warned that Makinde would face challenges in years to come, if Olaniyan is removed.

In a statement released by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele advised that they should manage their crisis and settle their differences till the end of the term because of the adverse effect their issues will have on the present administration.

He said: ‘’Governor Seyi Makinde should play safe with his deputy governor, he should not remove him so that it will not affect his political future and second term ambition. It will have adverse effect on his second term ambition.

‘’They should settle amicably, they should manage it till the end of their term. Both of them should embrace love and peaceful co-existence to have a secured second term.”

Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde (born 25 December 1967) is a Nigerian businessman, politician and philanthropist who is the Governor of Oyo State since 29 May, 2019