Poor attendance at campaign flag-off confirms Adekanmbi, Makinde’s rejection – Oyo APC

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The Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO) has advised the governorship candidate of the APM in Oyo State, Bimbo Adekanmbi, ...

The Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO) has advised the governorship candidate of the APM in Oyo State, Bimbo Adekanmbi, and his sponsor, Governor Seyi Makinde, to take the humiliating poor attendance at the Saturday governorship campaign flag-off in Oyo town as a reliable signal of the failure awaiting them in the presidential and governorship elections next year.

The rally, held at Durbar Stadium in Oyo town, was organised to formally launch the 2027 governorship campaign of the party’s candidate, Bimbo Adekanmbi and other APM candidates for National and State Assemblies. The campaign was a product of months of planning and mobilisation of members from the 33 local governments of the state but became an embarrassing outing.

In a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Bisi Oladele, SSACO said the humiliating attendance, including the absence of some candidates, nailed Oyo APC’s position that APM lacks grassroots appeal and meaningful popularity in Oyo State, and, therefore, lacks the capacity to attract widespread support ahead of the 2027 general elections.

“The embarrassing poor attendance at the Oyo State APM governorship campaign flag-off in Oyo town on Saturday was another confirmation that Oyo State people have rejected the party’s governorship candidate Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi and his sponsor Governor Seyi Makinde.

“While Governor Makinde keeps sinking Oyo State money into Adekanmbi’s governorship bid and his unrealistic presidential election project, both had their ego terribly bruised on Saturday, seeing that Oyo State people have turned their backs on them. For Governor Makinde and Hon. Adekanmbi, it was a sad reality to face, and a bitter pill to swallow.

“Will the people at the grassroots across the 33 local governments of Oyo State forget how they have been robbed of democracy dividends in the last seven and a half years?

“This Saturday, Oyo State people have told Governor Seyi Makinde, on whose credibility Hon.

“Interestingly…

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