{"id":16769,"date":"2026-11-13T10:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T10:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/tinubus-govt-using-efcc-to-blackmail-governors-into-apc-makinde-alleges\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T10:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T10:45:51","slug":"tinubus-govt-using-efcc-to-blackmail-governors-into-apc-makinde-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/tinubus-govt-using-efcc-to-blackmail-governors-into-apc-makinde-alleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu\u2019s govt using EFCC to blackmail governors into APC \u2014 Makinde alleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"678\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/images-19.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tinubu\u2019s govt using EFCC to blackmail governors into APC \u2014 Makinde alleges\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/images-19.webp 678w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/images-19-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Ayobami Okerinde<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has accused the President Bola Tinubu-led administration of using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to intimidate governors and pressure them into joining the ruling All Progressives Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Makinde, who spoke during an interview on Arise News on Friday, alleged that opposition governors who refuse to defect to the APC risk being subjected to investigations and blackmail, warning that the development could undermine Nigeria\u2019s multiparty democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen is, well, okay, I have the governors, they come to APC. If you don\u2019t, you will be blackmailed,\u201d Makinde said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To illustrate his claim, he described a situation in which a contractor working for an opposition-controlled state could face scrutiny over government contracts and financial transactions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe EFCC will come down from that place. \u2018Look, how much did they award this to you? Go and bring your account. Who have you been paying?\u2019 That is the situation that we are facing today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Makinde also alleged that the Federal Government tried to blackmail him over the Bodija explosion intervention funds, saying his administration had already compensated affected property owners before receiving federal assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the state engaged the Nigerian Society of Engineers and valuers to assess the damage and determine payments to victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve spent the money. We got Nigerian Society of Engineers. We got valuers. You know, they went out there, had valuation of the properties, and then we gave money back to those people, and we did it before even getting anything from the federal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that he released the state\u2019s account of the transaction when the issue was raised and directed the Commissioner for Finance to channel the funds into projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Makinde did not provide evidence during the interview that the president or the APC had directed the EFCC to investigate opposition governors or their contractors.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/tinubus-govt-using-efcc-to-blackmail-governors-into-apc-makinde-alleges\/\">Tinubu\u2019s govt using EFCC to blackmail governors into APC \u2014 Makinde alleges<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ayobami Okerinde Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has accused the President Bola Tinubu-led administration of using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to intimidate governors and pressure them&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}