“A Monumental Fraud”: APC Taunts Makinde Over Ibadan Road Project

“A Monumental Fraud”: APC Taunts Makinde Over Ibadan Road Project

  • The APC in Oyo state, Ibadan, has launched another attack against Governor Seyi Makinde's government
  • The party is angered over the huge sum of money Makinde claimed to have spent for the partial execution of the Ibadan Circular Road Project
  • The spokesperson of the Oyo APC, Olawale Sadare, levelled a serious allegation against Makinde regarding the state's fund

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Oyo state, Ibadan - The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state has cried out over what it described as an alleged monumental fraud, which the party claimed it discovered in the partial execution of the Ibadan Circular Road Project.

Oyo APC tackles Makinde over road project
Oyo APC blasts Makinde over Ibadan road project, urging him to be transparent and judicious with the state's funds. Photo credit: Seyi Makinde
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In a statement made available to Legit.ng on Wednesday, March 27, Oyo APC warned that the unabated corruption being perpetrated by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde could plunge the state into irredeemable doom in the near future.

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At the commissioning ceremony, which took place at Badeku Junction on Ife-Ibadan Express Road last Friday, Makinde announced that the Ibadan Circular Road Project was the largest investment in Oyo state in 50 years. He noted that the project had cost a whopping sum of N300 billion.

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Anambra state governor, Professor Charles Soludo, was the special guest of honour at the event.

Reacting to the above assertion, via a statement issued on Wednesday by its publicity secretary, Olawale Sadare, Oyo APC queried Governor Makinde on the rationale behind his government redesigning the road project to occupy 425 metres.

Sadare noted that the ongoing indiscriminate demolition of properties of poor citizens was to serve the interest of the governor and his cronies.

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"Gov. Makinde mis-appropriates scarce resources to the detriment of the welfare of the people. This has to stop." APC said.

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In other news, Legit.ng reported earlier that Sadare revealed five things President Tinubu should do to fix the economy from further collapse.

The APC chieftain disclosed that if the steps are taken, it will assist the federal government better in meeting the demands of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its counterpart, the Trade Union Congress(TUC), and avert the proposed planned strike.

Sadare, looking at the development from a different perspective, revealed that Tinubu can fix the nation's issues in five simple ways, and Nigerians will smile, and the economy will be revived.

Source: Legit.ng

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institue of Journalism (NIJ), where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. In 2024, Esther obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.