June 12: Makinde funding hoodlums breaching security, Oyo APC alleges

The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), in Oyo State, on Saturday, accused Governor Seyi Makinde of funding miscreants that are responsible for security breaches in the state.

Oyo APC, in a statement by its Acting Publicity Secretary, Dr. Azeez Olatunde, noted that it was not a coincidence that some policemen were cannibalized by hoodlums in Ibadan, the state capital during the #EndSARS protest last year.

Reacting to a viral social media video in which Governor Makinde  was seen on Saturday addressing protesters in Bodija area of Ibadan, the party further alleged that the governor was also supporting separatists and those heating up the polity needlessly.

“What else will confirm to the good people of Oyo State that the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde is actually the one funding the miscreants that are responsible for insecurity in Oyo State than the June 12 rally in which the governor with his convoy of vehicles were seen clearly amongst them.

“It was not a coincidence that the most remarkable victims of last year #EndSARS where the bodies of policemen that were cannibalized were recorded in Ibadan, Oyo State under the Government of Engr Seyi Makinde.

“It is on record that the only day thus far since assumption of office on 29th May 2019, that Oyo State and in fact Ibadanland had relative peace was the day PDP Southwest Congress was held in Osogbo, Osun State when the goons of Gov Seyi Makinde were “moved en masse” to Osogbo”, the statement read.

It continued, “Oyo State Governor’s apology in Igangan after the mayhem of Saturday 5th June 2021 was the just a smokescreen and deceitful character of Gov Seyi Makinde to pool wool over the faces of innocent people of Oyo State.

“It is not a coincidence that the Oodua separatist groups and the so called Afenifere that are heating the polity that is threatening the unity of Nigeria enjoy good patronage of Engr Seyi Makinde which informed most meetings holding in Ibadan.

“Several times we have advised Gov Seyi Makinde to stop politicising security issues in Oyo State but with the darring and damning, senseless June 12th 2021 parade, when the whole Nigeria is thinking of how to bring an end to the insecurity in Nigeria and particularly Oyo State, it has become very clear that Oyo State people need to be delivered from the grip of this feeding bottle government”, the statement concluded.