Oyo APC warns members against anti-party, says it’s no longer business-as-usual

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state has read out a riot act to the members of the party, warning them against conducts, meetings and speeches considered inimical to the full realization of the collective goals and desires of the party as it geared up to return to power in the state in 2027.

The warning apparently came against the background of some media reports in which two leaders of the party (names withheld) spoke highly of administration of Governor Seyi Makinde in a manner suggestive of strong relationships between them and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

The party in a statement issued on Wednesday and made available in Ibadan by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, said it would no longer tolerate acts of disloyalty, sabotage and indiscipline on the parts of members and stakeholders who, according to it, are driven by selfish interests and myopia.

He said, “But for selfishness and poor orientation borne out of indiscipline and myopia, no reasonable member of the APC would turn himself into a propaganda machinery for the current PDP administration which has mortgaged the future of the unborn generations by wasting enormous resources on frivolities and inanity in the last six years. We found the conducts of the culpable personalities highly reprehensible and irresponsible in view of the facts they both laid claims to being chieftains of our our great Party up till the present moment.

“For the avoidance, Oyo APC has had enough dose of sabotage, conspiracy and other acts of disloyalty from supposed members as the present leadership is poised to wield the big stick against recalcitrant individuals whose goal is to see our Party in disarray at every crucial time. The Olayide Abas-led state executive and other relevant stakeholders have done so much in terms of reaching out for genuine reconciliation and stability with evident positive results to show for it. Now that more eminent citizens are coming into Oyo APC in droves, anybody with plans to draw us back would be treated like an enemy of the state.

“We have done our diligence and established that those who parade themselves as APC chieftains and still work for the PDP in recent times have no reasons to engage in such shameful acts but we would engage them as democrats since some school of thoughts are of the opinion that they were either misinformed or misrepresented. However, every member of our great Party is expected to key into the Project 2027 which is aimed at delivering Oyo state to the APC wholly in the next general election.”