Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the All Peoples Congress (APC), has vowed to recapture Oyo State by flushing out the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Leader of the leading opposition party and a former deputy governor of the state, Chief Iyiola Oladokun stated this at a meeting tagged: “Operation Recapture Oyo State”, held with party chieftains from the 10 local government areas in the Oke-Ogun axis of the state, at Igboho.
Oladokun who claimed that the state had lost its pacesetter status under the PDP, condemned what he termed the total neglect of the hinterlands, particularly, Oke-Ogun, where major roads were littered with refuse dumps, feaces, unrepaired roads, blocked drainage and reoccurrence of kidnappings .
Party leaders at the meeting therefore, directed APC members to intensify grassroots mobilisation and ensured that every eligible citizen obtained the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), to enable them flush out the ruling party.
“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 leader added.
They further urged party leaders and members to intensify grassroots mobilisation to vote en mass for the APC in 2027.
The meeting also appealed for power shift to the Oke-Ogun axis, especially in selecting the governorship and senatorial candidates for the 2027 general elections.
Meanwhile, the Oyo State APC Peace Advocate Group, consisting of former speakers of the state House of Assembly, former legislators and public office holders, paid solidarity visit to the Oke-Ogun meeting where they urged aspirants and their supporters to be peaceful in their political campaigns and mobilisation.
Also at the meeting were former deputy governors of the state -Chief Adeyemo Alake and Engineer Rauf Olaniyan as well as former Minister of Communications, Barrister Bayo Shitu; including current and former federal and state legislators among others.
The meeting also passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s administration and reiterated its support for his re-election in 2027.
