The Oyo State chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has blasted the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over the destruction of the billboards of its governorship candidate, Engr. Popoola Olukayode Josuah, popularly known as POJ.
Oyo NNPP said the PDP was destroying its billboards to curtail the rising popularity of its candidate, Popoola Olukayode, and asked if the APC administration has ever done that to the PDP before the 2019 elections.
The Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Femi Olaitan Hero, described the development as an act of intimidation and a sign that the Oyo PDP is feeling the presence of NNPP in the state.
While condemning the illegal activity in its entity, NNPP added that PDP and governor Seyi Makinde are jittery of their impending defeat in the 2023 elections.
” PDP is turning Oyo state to a lawless state, the present administration’s encouragement to brigandage and support giving to hooliganism is second to none.
” Continuous attack on members of opposition and destruction of opposition campaign billboards and posters has clearly shown that governor Makinde and his party have accepted defeat even before the action proper.
” The rate at which PDP thugs are vandalizing our party governorship candidate, POJ billboards, and posters is alarming, their intention is to stop his increasing acceptability in the state.
” Oyo PDP and Makinde are not tolerant, unlike the late Ajimobi administration, no single billboard or poster of governor Seyi Makinde was vandalized in the state before and during the campaign, even though, Ejiogbe and his boys were at the affairs of the NURTW then, now governor Seyi Makinde is making use of Mr. Mukaila Lamidi popularly known Auxiliary, an ex-convict to terrorize all opposition parties and even people of the state.
” PDP is aware that the people have rejected their governance in the state and their new strategy is to resort to intimidation of the preferred opposition party which our party NNPP represents,” Hero added.
