Ondo APC group petitions national secretariat over Olubunmi Ojo’s alleged grassroot neglect 

Ondo APC group petitions national secretariat over Olubunmi Ojo’s alleged grassroot neglect

AJAGBE ADEYEMI TESLIM

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A group named Ondo APC Mandate Group has pettisioned the All Progressive Congress national secretariat over what it described as the minister of interior’s neglect of the grassroot and violence against party members.

In a petition dated 17th of Sept, 2025, signed by the convener of the group Alhaji Ariwoola Abdukareem, comrade Gbenga Bojuwomi the secretary and four other exco members, submitted to the party’s headquarters in Abuja, the group alleged the Minister of Interior of masterminding violent attack on party members during the last local government election in the state.

In the petition titled: “Call for Accountability and Reflection on the Conduct of Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo”, addressed to the national chairman of the party, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, the group called on the leadership of the party to call the minister to order for violent attack, neglect and total disregard for his grassroot supporters who were instrumental to his emergence and rising political profile.

The petition reads in part; “We, the undersigned stakeholders and concerned citizens of Akoko Land in Ondo State, wish to express our deep concern regarding the conduct and political disposition of Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior and former Member of the House of Representatives.

“Hon. Tunji-Ojo, appears to attribute his political success solely to personal merit, disregarding the collective efforts and sacrifices of many political actors from Akoko Land and Ondo State, the APC mandate group in particular.”

The group further alleged that Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has paid their selfless gesture with attack, arrogance and dismissiveness, as he portray his political rise and victory as a personal triumph rather than a collective achievement.

“Similar trait was displayed during the recent local government elections in Ondo State, when the minister allegedly orchestrated acts of violence against party members solely on the ground that his preferred aspirant did not emerge at the primaries.

Notably, Hon. Oluwatoye Ajiboye, the APC councillorship candidate in Ward 5 of Akoko northwest, was reportedly assaulted by the men of Nigeria Civil Defense Corps and another party leader detained for days by the Police under the ministers’ instruction”, the petition read.

The APC group maintained that the minister’s actions raise serious questions about his commitment to democratic values and party unity as his behavior suggests a troubling disconnect from the people he claims to represent.

”We therefore, call on the APC leadership under Prof. Yelwata, the Presidency and the concerned security agencies to take a closer look at the minister’s activities and their implications on security, party’s image and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second-term aspirations”.