The chief members of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering, PDP, in Oyo North Senatorial District have reaffirmed their loyalty to Governor Seyi Makinde, declaring that the occasion stays united and robust regardless of current defections.
In a communiqué issued after a strategic assembly held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, and made obtainable to journalists on Monday, the occasion leaders emphasised that the defection of Senator Ayoola Agboola and some of his supporters wouldn’t weaken the PDP’s construction or recognition within the area.
Agboola, who lately introduced his resignation from the occasion, is a former Commissioner for Native Authorities and Chieftaincy Affairs (2007–2011) and was the one PDP senator from the South-West between 2011 and 2015.
The PDP leaders, nevertheless, insisted that the occasion stays centered on consolidating its dominance within the state forward of future elections.
The assembly, presided over by the Oyo North PDP Senatorial Chairman and former lawmaker, Yinusa Yusuff, unanimously handed a vote of confidence in Governor Makinde’s management and the state occasion construction.
“We declare our whole and help for our nice occasion, the PDP, underneath the dynamic management of Governor Seyi Makinde,” the communiqué learn partially.
The leaders additionally downplayed the influence of Agboola’s defection, describing it as a transfer pushed by private ambition moderately than real political conviction.
In accordance with the communiqué, “The defection of Senator Agboola and some others is not going to have an effect on the PDP in Oyo North. Most of them performed little or no vital function within the occasion’s victory throughout the 2023 common elections. Their exit is merely a pursuit of egocentric political pursuits.”
Additionally they accused Agboola of imposing council chairmen and occasion executives in Oke-Ogun throughout his tenure, noting that his newest determination to go away the PDP was a continuation of self-serving politics.
“The individuals of Oyo North are politically enlightened and won’t enable private pursuits to derail the collective progress of the zone, which has continued to witness unprecedented improvement underneath Governor Makinde,” the communiqué added.
