By Adeyinka Adeniran
The All Peoples Congress (APC), has vowed to recapture Oyo State by flushing out Peoples Democratic Party, PDP by 2027.
On a mission codenamed “Operation Recapture Oyo State”, the vow was made on Monday at a meeting of APC chieftains from the ten local governments in Oke Ogun.
The meeting which held at Igboho was presided over by Oyo State APC leader and former Deputy Governor, Chief Iyiola Oladokun.
At the meeting, the party leaders lamented that under PDP, the state has lost its pacesetter status .
They condemned what they described as the total neglect of the hinterlands in Oyo State, especially the ten local governments in Oke Ogun where major roads are littered with refuse dumps, faeces, unrepaired roads, blocked drainage and reoccurrence of kidnappings.
The party leaders, therefore, directed its members to intensify grassroots mobilisation and ensured that every eligible citizen obtained the Permanent Voters Card (PVC), to enable them flush out the ruling PDP.
“We have learnt our lessons and mistakes on why we lost a progressive state to the PDP and are we are now ready to install, people’s oriented progressive government in Oyo State in 2027”, the party added.
While all party leaders and members were enjoined to intensify grassroots mobilisation to vote en mass for APC in 2027, the meeting also appealed for power shift in favour of Oke Ogun, especially in selecting the governorship and senatorial candidates for 2027 general election.
Meanwhile, the Oyo State APC, Peace Advocate Group, consisting of former Speaker of the State House of Assembly , Dr Akin Onigbinde, former legislators and public office holders, paid solidarity visit to the Oke Ogun meeting and urged aspirants and their supporters to be peaceful in their political campaigns and mobilisation.
The meeting was attended by former Deputy Governors, Chief Adeyemo Alake, and Rauf Olaniyan, former Communication Minister, Bayo Shitu, current and former federal and state legislators, former commissioners, advisers, party officers, women and youth leaders, federal, state and local government party officials and party elders.
The meeting passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and reiterated its support for the president’s re-election in 2027.
