Oyo APC alerts of alleged plot to assault opposition, destroy billboards

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state on Sunday raised the alarm of an alleged plan to assault APC members within the Park Management System (PMS) within the state.

An announcement by the Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO) additionally alerted of alleged plans to destroy  billboards belonging to Senator Alli

The assertion by the Director of Media and Publicity, Prince Bisi Oladele, acknowledged that the alleged “planned attack is part of coordinated efforts to repress opposition and instill fear in APC supporters across the state.”

“Based on credible intelligence, the SSACO hereby alerts the general public of  deliberate assaults by PMS hoodlums on NURTW members supporting the APC. The assault staff

is especially focusing on a well-liked member nicknamed Oyere and his followers,” it mentioned.

SSACO added, “The PMS hoodlums  reportedly spied on the APC members on the Senator Alli’s manifesto unveiling occasion held at Theophilus Ogunlesi Hall final Tuesday, the place names of NURTW members, particularly those that simply joined the APC, have been listed and mentioned.

“The development was further inflamed by the large attendance  of weekly NURTW meeting chaired by Oyere at his office, which had over hundreds of NURTW members in attendance.”

It harassed, “At a meeting directed to be convened by a key member of Governor Makinde’s kitchen cabinet which held around 10pm on Friday, credible intelligence indicated that it was agreed that coordinated attacks be unleashed on NURTW members supporting APC, with a particular agreement to disrupt their weekly meetings to whittle down APC support base ahead of the general elections.”

SSACO maintained that the state authorities was additionally allegedly “cracking down on billboard proprietors who lease out their billboards to Senator Alli, thereby sending them out of enterprise.

“Rather than make Oyo state business-friendly, Governor Makinde’s and his minions are destroying companies, simply to forestall the APC from campaigning freely.

“The destruction of the billboards of Senator Alli, who is the governorship candidate of APC in the state is a setback for our progress as a people, and a disincentive to democratic development.”

SSACO, then known as on the Oyo state Commissioner of Police and different safety chiefs to nip this evil plan within the bud, saying Oyo state doesn’t deserve violence from a authorities that took over in a peaceable ambiance in 2019.

“We also call on the good people of Oyo state to hold Governor Makinde and Hon Adekanmbi responsible for any political violence as actions of their supporters now constitute a threat to safety of lives and property in the state,” the assertion learn.