Get Guardian on GoogleThe Oyo State Government has dismissed reports alleging crisis, internal disaffection and political instability within the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), accusing the All Progressives Congress (APC) of spreading falsehood to undermine Governor Seyi Makinde’s political movement.
The governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Dr Sulaimon Olanrewaju, in a statement on Thursday, described the reports as a calculated attempt by opposition elements to manufacture a crisis within the party.
Olanrewaju said the allegations of panic meetings, mass defections and a weakening political structure were false, insisting that the APM remained united and continued to attract new members across the state.
He argued that Makinde’s popularity and record of performance had unsettled the opposition, prompting what he described as attempts to distort the political reality in Oyo State.
According to him, political movements are dynamic, and individuals are free to move between parties based on their ambitions, interests and convictions.
He, however, maintained that the movement of some individuals away from the party did not amount to a crisis, claiming that more leaders, professionals, youths and grassroots supporters were joining the APM.
Olanrewaju said the party’s support base was sustained by what he described as the impact of Makinde’s policies and developmental agenda across the state.
He listed infrastructure, education, healthcare, agribusiness, workers’ welfare, security and economic expansion among the areas in which the administration had recorded achievements.
The governor’s aide also cited prompt payment of workers’ salaries, efforts to address pension obligations, road projects across the state’s geopolitical zones and investments in healthcare infrastructure as evidence of the administration’s performance.
