The 2027 PDP governorship candidate for Ogun State, Hon Oladipupo Adebutu, his running mate, Alhaja Yemi Sowunmi-Kolapo, the party's senatorial candidate for Ogun Central, Iyabo Obasanjo and others during the media engagement
Mr Afolabi Orekoya, the media aide to the Peoples Democratic Party’s 2027 governorship candidate in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, has dismissed claims by an All Progressives Congress chieftain, Kayode Oladele, that the PDP has lost relevance in the state, describing the assertion as a reflection of the ruling party’s “desperation” to foist itself on the people of the state during next year’s election.
Orekoya said that it is uncharitable, mere bootlicking and cheap propaganda for Oladele to have said that the opposition party is no longer the choice of the people of the state and wondered when the APC chieftain became the spokesperson for the residents of the state.
Adebutu’s spokesperson disclosed this in a statement on Friday while reacting to Oladele’s recent comment that the PDP, due to its protracted internal leadership wrangling, has lost its electoral value and is no longer the party of choice for the people of the state ahead of the 2027 elections.
Oladele, in a statement on Thursday, had said that years of internal divisions, leadership crises and the absence of a coherent political direction have diminished the PDP’s standing, while the APC has continued to strengthen its position through what he described as “purposeful governance and measurable performance at both the federal and state levels”.
