The All Progressive Congress (APC) has vowed to recapture Oyo State from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by 2027, launching “Operation Recapture Oyo State.” At a meeting of APC chieftains from the ten local governments in Oke Ogun, the party lamented that under PDP, Oyo State has lost its pacesetter status, citing total neglect of the hinterlands, poor infrastructure, and security concerns.
The All Progressive Congress, APC, has vowed to recapture Oyo State by flushing out Peoples Democratic Party, PDP by 2027.
The APC condemned 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, unrepeared 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 PDP.
” We have learnt our lessons and mistakes on why we lost a progressive state to the PDP and we are now ready to install people oriented progressive government in Oyo State by 2027, ” the party added.
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 Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, former Communication Minister, Barrister 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, party and party elders.
The meeting passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and reiterated its support for the president’s re-election in 2027
