A group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, the Oyo PDP-Visionaries, has declared that chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other highly-placed individuals who allegedly planned to destabilise the state and derail Governor ‘Seyi Makinde will not succeed.
The group stated this in a statement on Tuesday in reaction to a report that some APC chieftains and a leading royal father hatched plans to buy over the state House of Assembly to impeach Governor Makinde.
Coordinator of the Oyo PDP-Visionaries, Qudus Olayide, noted in the statement that such evil plan was doomed to fail because Oyo State residents will reject it.
He maintained that those behind the impeachment plot failed to do their homework to know that residents of Oyo State won’t allow unscrupulous elements jeopardise the peace being enjoyed in the state.
The Oyo PDP-Visionaries stated that the state has become too sophisticated to allow a repeat of 2006 in 2026, adding that the plan was being driven by pure selfish, devilish tendencies.
The PDP group added that the individuals fingered in the plot as well as a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, were actually acting different scripts for pecuniary gains.
It declared that, though the wife of a former governor of Oyo State, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, has distanced herself from the plot, the statement by the APC that Makinde ought to have been impeached a long time ago showed clearly that the party and some of its leaders have a case to answer.
The group noted that the people of Oyo State remained solidly behind Governor Makinde, and warned anarchists to steer clear of the state or face the unleashing of the pent-up anger of the masses, who have been stretched beyond limits by what it described as the evil policies of the APC-led Federal Government.
In the same vein, the Oyo PDP-Visionaries advised the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, to steer clear of politics and to not allow APC to tarnish his image as a leading royal father.
According to the group, the frequent visits of Olubadan to Aso Rock were bound to be used against him by the APC, which it called “a party of desperate individuals.”
The PDP group frowned at the fact that the name of Oba Ladoja could come in the same sentence with any plot to impeach Makinde.
It noted how the governor has deferred to the former governor and demonstrated fidelity to the father-son relationship they have built over the years.
It noted particularly that receiving Fayose in the middle of the whole drama also sent a wrong signal, warning the traditional ruler to live above board and not drag the highly esteemed throne into dirty politics.
