The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has urged Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to brace himself for an imminent defeat in the upcoming governorship election scheduled for March 11. This advice was delivered by Adebayo Shittu, the Director-General of the Asiwaju Tinubu-Shettima Coalition for Good Governance, during a press conference held in Ibadan on Wednesday.
Shittu recalled that Oyo State, as one of the prominent Yoruba states, has historically been governed by progressive parties under various names and affiliations. However, he noted that the state experienced a decline during the last administration of the late Ishaq Ajimobi. He pointed out that Ajimobi struggled to manage the APC primaries for local governments, state assembly, governorship, and national assembly positions. As a result, many party members who felt unjustly disenfranchised chose to leave the APC. A significant number of these individuals joined Seyi Makinde and the rival PDP, contributing to the APC’s defeat in the 2019 general election.
Shittu emphasized that this shift led to Makinde’s emergence as the state governor, despite his lack of adequate political experience and psychological preparation for the role. He further asserted that the results of the recent presidential and National Assembly elections clearly indicate that the citizens of Oyo State have decisively chosen to support the APC, with nearly half a million votes cast for their presidential candidate.
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