The Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO) has mocked the governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Oyo State, Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi, over the reported poor attendance at the party’s 2027 governorship campaign flag-off in Oyo town, describing it as an indication of impending electoral defeat.
The organisation also criticised Governor Seyi Makinde, whom it accused of sponsoring Adekanmbi’s governorship ambition, saying the turnout at Saturday’s rally demonstrated the APM’s alleged lack of grassroots support and popularity across the state.
Rally
The rally, held at Durbar Stadium, Oyo, was organised to formally launch the 2027 governorship campaign of Adekanmbi and other APM candidates contesting National and State Assembly seats. According to SSACO, the event followed months of planning and mobilisation across the 33 local government areas of the state but ended in what it described as an embarrassing outing.
In a statement issued by its Director of Media and Publicity, Bisi Oladele, the campaign organisation said the poor attendance, coupled with the reported absence of some candidates, reinforced its position that the APM lacked the political strength to secure widespread support in the 2027 general elections.
Delivery
SSACO further accused the Makinde administration of failing to deliver meaningful development at the grassroots, particularly in agriculture, youth development, industrialisation and rural infrastructure.
The statement questioned whether residents across the 33 local government areas would forget what it described as the failure of the state government to deliver democratic dividends over the past seven and a half years.
Blame
It also blamed the alleged paralysis of local government administration for the neglect of rural roads and damaged bridges in several communities.
Commenting on Makinde’s reported declaration at the rally that Nigerians would give the All Progressives Congress (APC) an unprecedented electoral defeat in 2027, SSACO said the governor was ignoring what it described as growing public dissatisfaction with his administration.
The organisation maintained that the people of Oyo State had rejected both Makinde and his preferred successor, insisting that Adekanmbi’s governorship ambition would suffer the consequences of the governor’s alleged poor performance.
Confidence
It, however, expressed confidence in the electoral prospects of Senator Sharafadeen Alli, declaring that he would restore effective local government administration, collaborate with the Federal Government and address what it described as the failures of the Makinde administration since 2019 if elected governor.
The organisation said these objectives would be pursued under Alli’s Oyo AHEAD agenda.
