The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has dismissed as baseless and ridiculous the claim by the Ladi Adebutu Democratic Organisation challenging the indigeneship of the APC 2027 governorship candidate in the state, Solomon Adeola, popularly called Yayi.
In a statement issued on Thursday by the Publicity Secretary of the party, Olufemi Nuberu, the APC said the attempt by LADO and its spokesperson, Afolabi Orekoya, to portray Yayi as a stranger and non-indigene of the state, “was reckless, mischievous, and contrary to both facts and constitutional provisions.”
The APC said the remarks made by Orekoya during a radio programme on a private FM station in Ilese-Ijebu amounted to “desperate political propaganda aimed at distracting Ogun people from the glaring crisis and disintegration within the PDP.”
Orekoya, during the interview, questioned Adeola’s origin, insisting that the 2027 election should not be handed to “a stranger” allegedly unfamiliar with the state’s political and social history.
The spokesperson to the PDP 2027 governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, also accused the APC-led government of failing Ogun residents in infrastructure, education, security, housing and welfare.
