Oyo APA congratulates Oyo Governor-elect Engr. Seyi Makinde

OYO APA CONGRATULATES OYO GOVERNOR-ELECT ENGR. SEYI MAKINDE

The African Peoples Alliance (APA), Oyo State Chapter on Monday congratulated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the governor-elect of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde for winning the keenly contested governorship election in the state.

Engr. Seyi Makinde was declared as governor-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday polling a total of 515,621 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebayo Adelabu  who scored 357,982 votes.

African Peoples Alliance (APA) in a statement signed by the State Chairman of the party who was also the party’s governorship candidate in the last election, Deacon Tolulope Adedoyin said it was a well-deserved victory as the people of Oyo state had made a choice to vote for a genuine change and a new era which Engr. Seyi Makinde represents.

APA reminded Engr. Seyi Makide of some of the promises he made to the people during his campaign rallies which includes completion of abandoned projects, Provision of loan scheme, wealth creation, upgrade of Bodija Market, revival of ONADEP, funding of shooting stars, eradication of unemployment, provisions of Basic Amenities, New life for LAUTECH students, transformation of Ibadan cities and other towns of the state, suspension of school fees in public secondary school (compulsory free education)., creation of jobs, improvement of public health amenities and enhancement of Oyo state agricultural policy.

Deacon Tolulope Adedoyin urged those aggrieved with the result to channel their grievances to the proper quarters rather than resort to arson and killing innocent citizens. Engr. Seyi Makinde should also appoint other parties into his cabinet, defeating the All Progressives Congress was a collective responsiblity”, Adedoyin added.

APA Chairman finally commended Oyo state people for the peaceful way they conducted themselves, before, during and after the general elections in the state.

Defeating and Crushing Abiola Ajimobi was a Collective Responsibility – Oyo APA

DEFEATING AND CRUSHING ABIOLA AJIMOBI WAS A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY – APA

The African Peoples Alliance (APA), Oyo State Chapter has said that the defeat recently encountered by the current Executive governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi at the just concluded National Assembly elections four days ago was a collective responsibility and not the handiwork of PDP and her members in the South Senatorial district alone.

This was contained in a press release made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday by the Governorship Candidate of the Party, Deacon Tolulope Adedoyin.

According to the release “Makinde or members of Oyo PDP shouldn’t take the glory for themselves. God, Atiku, people of the Senatorial district and some opposition parties like us should be given the glory. It is on record that when Makinde was in SDP, he didn’t win any Assembly Seat or House of Rep. Dr. Muhammed Kola Balogun couldn’t defeat Senator Abiola Ajimobi if Atiku was not running under PDP. Dr. Muhammed Kola Balogun didn’t campaign or spend much compared to Senator Ridwan Adesoji and Senator Abiola Ajimobi. It was grace he received from God.  The same grace Senator Ridwan received from God in 2015. Right from day one that Senator Abiola Ajimobi expressed his interest in contesting for the senatorial election, APA was the first party to protest against such interest. We in APA still believed Makinde is not yet ripe for governance in the state.”

“The election of Atiku has gone. Now it’s governorship and house of assembly. Makinde shouldn’t expect what happened in NASS elections to happen in the governorship election. Oyo state needs an experienced and well qualified candidate.”

APA finally urged the good people of Oyo state to stay calm, study different governorship candidates with their programmes as governorship campaign resumes and vote their conscience.