The All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised Governor Seyi Makinde over his comment at the opposition parties’ summit, describing it as inciting.
Makinde had, during the event, referenced the “Operation Wetie” violence that rocked the South-West region in the 1960s, cautioning against a one-party state.
But the APC national spokesman, Felix Morka, faulted the governor for the remark, labelling it as “disgraceful”.
“So, for a sitting governor, who constitutionally is actually the chief security officer of Oyo State, to bandy around this threat, that is really disgraceful. I think Governor Makinde should be ashamed of himself, quite frankly, because it’s wrong for him to do that,” Morka said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
“People in leadership bear exceptional responsibility to speak with restraint, with decorum, and with some sensibility. You don’t sit there as governor, wield enormous authority, and incite people who are beneath you to violence. That is not democratic. That is completely anti-democratic.”
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