Oyo APM gov candidate challenges Alli to present Senate scorecard

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The governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples’ Movement in Oyo State, Bimbo Adekanmbi, has said the people of the state would not reward Senator Sharafadeen Alli’s alleged…

The governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples’ Movement in Oyo State, Bimbo Adekanmbi, has said the people of the state would not reward Senator Sharafadeen Alli’s alleged incompetence at the National Assembly with an elevation to the Agodi Government House.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Co-Director, Media and Publicity of the state APM Campaign Council, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, in Ibadan, the state capital, on Saturday.

The council said it was increasingly concerned that rather than campaign on the strength of measurable achievements as the current representative of Oyo South Senatorial District, Alli had continued to rely on references to political offices he occupied in the past.

It said, “The senator’s persistent emphasis on his political history raises serious questions about the substance of his stewardship in the National Assembly and suggests a lack of…

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