Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar asked him to serve as his running mate in the forthcoming presidential election.
Makinde made the revelation during an interview on Arise Television on Friday.
According to the governor, Atiku and members of his team approached him with the proposal, but he turned down the offer and advised them to consider another person.
Makinde added that accepting the offer would have been an easy route to pursuing his political ambition if that had been his priority.
He said,
“Atiku’s people approached me to run with him as running mate. If ambition was to drive me, that was actually the surest path.”
NEWSUNPLUG reports that former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, was later picked as the vice-presidential candidate of the party.