Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, on Tuesday, described claims of an impeachment plot against Governor Seyi Makinde as a “badly written script” aimed at distracting the public and attracting undue sympathy for the governor.
The party said Makinde was facing imminent political
retirement due to what it described as his ego and naivety.
The APC, in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary,
Olawale Sadare, in Ibadan, the state capital, also dismissed the alleged
involvement of President Bola Tinubu and others mentioned in the claims,
describing them as unsubstantiated.
He added, “Governor Makinde ought to have been impeached
long ago if members of the State House of Assembly were alive to their
responsibilities, given several alleged cases of abuse of office recorded
against him since May 2019.”
Some members of the State House of Assembly, on Tuesday,
denied involvement in a purported impeachment plot, which they claimed was
being sponsored by prominent personalities, including the Olubadan of
Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, and the former wife of a past governor of the
state, Florence Ajimobi.
It would be recalled that former Ekiti State Governor,
Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday, renewed his allegation that Makinde was plotting to
remove the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rashidi Ladoja, despite earlier denials by
the state government and the palace.
Fayose, in a statement posted on his official X account,
alleged, “Those who are still in doubt about Governor Seyi Makinde’s plot to
remove the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, should keep their fingers
crossed and follow unfolding events,” adding that recent accusations against
the monarch were part of a broader plan to justify action against him.
He said, “They denied any rift between the Olubadan and
Makinde after I made it public. But now, they are accusing the Olubadan of
plotting to impeach Governor Makinde,” describing claims of partisanship
against the monarch as “part of the orchestration to prepare the ground for the
Olubadan to be queried.”
However, Sadare, in a statement, said, “Governor Makinde has
decided to deploy some of his loyalists to execute a poorly written script
aimed at securing a soft landing in the minds of some gullible supporters,
especially those who have tied their political future to his, at a time when it
is increasingly clear that he may not have a political platform to sponsor
candidates in the 2027 general elections.
“Sadly, an informed source revealed that the impeachment
narrative was designed to mitigate the impact of the allegations made by former
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, concerning an alleged plan to dethrone
the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Ladoja (Arusa I). However, the reality is that
no external party is interested in pursuing the impeachment of a governor who
has already reached a political dead end.
“Meanwhile, no amount of blackmail or propaganda can save
Governor Makinde, as we believe his false alarm has exposed underlying issues
that will eventually come to light.
“For the avoidance of doubt, allegations of misappropriation
of funds from the 33 Local Government Councils, land-related irregularities,
contract cost inflation, and the alleged diversion of the Federal Government’s
N50bn relief fund meant for victims of the Bodija explosion, among others,
constitute impeachable offences which will come to the fore sooner rather than
later.”
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