…As Resigned Appointees Get Monthly Token, Others Get Deep Freezers, Motorcycles, Cars
More details have emerged on Tuesday’s defection ceremony of former Chief of Staff to Governor Seyi Makinde, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Information made available to MOUTHPIECE NGR indicated that many of those who attended the event held in Oja’gbo, Ogbomoso, were tailors, hairdressers and other artisans who were allegedly induced to attend.
According to sources, the artisans were given money to mobilise their apprentices, with free Ankara fabrics and money to sew them, in a desperate attempt to make the venue look crowded.
An eyewitness who attended the event and is privy to happenings within Ogunwuyi’s camp alleged that some politicians who are members of the National Democratic Coalition (NDC) and other parties in the state, who usually hold their meetings in Ijeru, only joined the ceremony to cash out.
“They came to collect their own entitlement from the former Chief of Staff out of what he made under the Makinde administration in the past seven years. It’s Sara Ni,” the source claimed.
The source further alleged that those who have been in APC before Ogunwuyi were the ones who later joined his ceremony to give it a party colouration.
It was also learnt that some attendees were lured with cash, motorcycles, deep freezers and N250,000.
“Those who resigned their appointments received token yesterday, and those boys without appointment received about 30 motorcycles, while about 8 cars were given to some others just to pitch tent with the former Chief of Staff,” the source added.
The source further alleged that the appointees who resigned would be placed on monthly token, in a desperate move by Ogunwuyi to embarrass the government of Governor Makinde which he served for almost seven years.
“Free clothes, sewing money and cash were given to some attendees to make the event crowded, and not because people attended based on Ogunwuyi’s goodwill,” the source said.
It was also gathered that some of those who resigned their appointments were those nominated by Ogunwuyi while serving as Chief of Staff, including his personal photographer who he later made Supervisory Councillor in Ogbomoso North Local Government Area.
As of the time of filing this report, Otunba Ogunwuyi and the Alli campaign team are yet to react to the allegations already gaining traction on social media.
