Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has revealed that he had plans of joining the army some 34 years ago after graduating from secondary school.
The governor said this on Thursday at a thanksgiving service organised to commemorate his 52nd birthday at St Peter’s Cathedral, Aremo, Ibadan.
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He also expressed appreciation to Oyo people without whom he said he would not have been able to achieve anything since he took the baton as governor.
“There is nothing really much to say; today is my birthday and I am getting mature. Quite frankly, I never thought I would live up to 30. I have a friend here and every time we were talking, we always thought that we would go into the army, fight, get killed and that would be the end of our story,” he said.
“We actually went for recruitment into the army but were rejected. But today, we are seeing Seyi Makinde at 52 and all I can do is to give thanks to God.
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“When we were going through the electioneering period, people said the political terrain here is rough, and I could get killed. So, I looked at myself and said that I could take the risk since I am more than 30 because I had always believed that anything I have after 30 would be like a bonus to me.”
