APC tackles Makinde over 'operation wetie' remark

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it categorically condemns Governor Seyi Makinde’s statement as inciting, a clear and present threat to peace and national security.

This is contained in a statement by Felix Morka National Publicity Secretary All Progressives Congress (APC). 

It warns that such statements are not expected of a sitting governor who swore to protect the people. 

The APC spokesperson quotes "While addressing a summit of opposition political parties in Ibadan, on Saturday, April 25, 2026, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state invoked the bloody history of “Operation Wetie” to incite Nigerians to violence over his baseless and senseless allegation of the country’s descent into a one party state."  

It is particularly disturbing for a sitting Governor who bears constitutional responsibility as the Chief Security Officer of his state to equate one of the darkest episodes of political violence in Nigeria’s history to threaten violence against the people and government of Nigeria. Mr Morka said.

He describes Governor Seyi Makinde's statement as inciting rhetoric that should not be dismissed as mere opposition outcry. That it risks fueling anarchy and widespread lawlessness capable of undermining national stability. It therefore calls on all relevant security and intelligence agencies to take such development seriously and act to safeguard lives, property, and defend Nigeria’s democratic order. 

The APC spokesperson states clearly that the party vehemently rejects attempts by opposition leaders to frame their internal conflicts in alarmist narratives about so-called one-party dominance. It notes that the opposition parties are victims of self-inflicted injuries arising from anti-democratic practices, miserably poor leadership, internal contradictions, utter disregard for due process and the rule of law, persistent factionalization, and the desperate and dissonant presidential ambitions of their leaders. 

He puts that APC has confidence that Nigerians are discerning people and recognize that a party so grossly unable to manage its own internal affairs cannot be entrusted with the governance of Africa’s most populous and important country. These opposition leaders and their coalition have not put anything forward by way of an alternative vision for Nigeria’s development. It notes that All the opposition parties have is fear mongering built on false narratives about the APC. 

"Our great Party rejects the veiled expectation of opposition leaders that the APC would help them manage their internal affairs. We bear no such duty and will not provide any such leadership consulting services to them. And we will not yield to blackmail to abdicate our duty to our Party to plan, organize and mobilize to compete effectively in the upcoming 2027 general elections. 

Our democracy is founded on the idea of competing visions of governance and development. Their failure to articulate any alternative vision or policy framework to the visionary and transformative policies of the APC-led administration is on them, and Nigerians are justified in rejecting their antics designed to threaten their way to electoral victory.

Nigeria’s democratic space remains as robust as can be. With nearly two dozen parties registered and participating freely in the country’s electoral process, the opposition’s unjustifiable attacks on our great Party, and their threats of violence is nothing but primitive capitulation, an admission of incompetence, and a peremptory alibi for what is looking to be a fantastic rebuke at the hands of the Nigerian electorate come 2027. 

Our great party, under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, remains committed to strengthening democratic institutions, upholding the rule of law, and delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda for the peace, unity, and prosperity of all Nigerians." It concludes.