Oyo PDP flays APC’s reaction to Makinde, supports governor

Oyo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, supported remarks credited to Governor Seyi Makinde that the 2027 elections would be a straight contest between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the hungry people of Nigeria.

The party said it found it funny that APC took the statement of fact as a curse, describing the reaction as too bad. In a statement signed by the Oyo PDP Publicity Secretary, Michael Ogunsina, the party said its prayers was that God would reward the ruling APC and its leaders appropriately for all they had done with Nigeria and its people, saying, “We hope the party, its leaders and their government will have the heart to say amen to that prayer.”

The statement reads: “We read with amusement a statement issued on Sunday by the national secretariat of the APC attacking Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State for saying an obvious truth that the 2027 General Elections would be a contest between the APC and the people of Nigeria.

“Democracy is about politicians meeting the people at the polls. Why is the APC afraid of meeting the people at the polls in 2027? A party that has been doing the will of the people would thank Governor Makinde for pairing it with the people. But the sinner will run when nobody is pursuing them. The APC is that sinner. It shall not go unpunished.

“We believe that the APC statement was very unnecessary, wrongly directed and wrongly themed. If the APC and its Federal Government are doing well and the people are happy with them, why would they see Makinde’s statement as an attack on their government?”

Oyo PDP added that instead of APC abusing Makinde, APC should reappraise itself and think deeply on why it decided to impoverish the people and wreck the country contrary to its 2023 promise of prosperity for all.

“It should, in fact, thank our governor for waking it up to the reality that all future elections will be a referendum on the APC for its wickedness and maladministration.

PDP also urged the ruling party and its leaders to learn to be humble, be remorseful, repent from their misbehaviour, and beg Nigerians for clemency.

“If the guilty learn to be truthful and drop their arrogance, they may gain God’s forgiveness and the people’s pardon,” the party added.