The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state of unnecessarily whipping up sentiment in order to misinform and misinterpret the political wise counseling of the National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to the effect that the party would extend its influence ahead of the 2027 general elections, particularly targeting Oyo and Osun states to strengthen support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He made the declaration at a stakeholders’ meeting on the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election in Akure, last weekend.
The Osun State chapter of the PDP in a statement issued by the state chairman of the party, Mr Sunday Bisi, accused the national chairman of the APC of threatening fire and brimstone in the South-West and a careless plot to plunge the geo-political zone into avoidable political turmoil.
The PDP state chairman went further to warn Alhaji Ganduje ‘to be careful not to compound the situation by attempting barefaced election rigging, especially in the Southwest, as doing so will be nothing but stepping on a very dangerous cobra’s tail’.
Reacting, the Osun APC in a statement issued by its Director of Information Chief Kola Olabisi said that the meaning of any word spoken at any particular point in time is not total and that “it is disheartening that the PDP could give the meaning of the word(s) spoken by former Governor Ganduje to suit their ulterior purpose”.
