The Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State has frowned at the planned Operation Python Dance and similar military exercises in some parts of the country. The party expressed its opposition just as it began the process of reinventing itself at the end of its first stakeholders meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital at the weekend.
The party, in a communique issued at the end of the meeting held at its State Secretariat, Yemetu, Ibadan, said neither the All Progressives Congress (APC) nor any other political party was capable of delivering people – centred developmental initiatives of Chief Obafemi Awolowo which the AD stands for. It also threw its weight behind calls for restructuring of the country and condemned designation of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation..
The communique, which was signed by a former Minority Whip in the House of Representatives, Hon. Babatunde Oduyoye, and Dr Akin Onigbinde (SAN), read: “That the AD Afenifere, having studied the unfavourable trend of developments regarding governance in Oyo State, is desirous of restoring the glorious days when good governance was the ultimate goal of politics.
“That it is on record that as it is constituted, neither the All Progressives Congress (APC ) nor any party for that matter, has exhibited the developmental initiatives of Awoism or the leadership qualities in the governance of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The AD is the only political party that possesses that pedigree
“That the party is in support of ongoing clamour for the restructuring of Nigeria through devolution of powers, fiscal federalism, resource control and other components of a truly federalist state and frowns at the planned military exercise in the South-West and South-South. We condemn, in strong terms the Operation Python Dance in the South-East and the subsequent designation of IPOB a terrorist organisation.”
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