National Chairman of the Allied People’s Movement, APM, and IPAC Chairman Alhaji Yusuf Dantalle has endorsed Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde for President, saying he has the capacity to “reposition Nigeria and restore public confidence in governance.”
Speaking Monday on Frontline, Eagle 102.5 FM, Dantalle announced Makinde’s formal adoption as APM’s 2027 presidential candidate and confirmed the governor has joined the party.
—“Tested in Oyo, engineer, can steer the ship”—
“Democracy is about the people making the right decisions that represent their interest politically, socially, economically,” Dantalle said.
“If you go to Oyo, you will see that he has been tested with leadership in the state as one of the largest states. He has performed very well. If you have been to Oyo 9-10 years ago and now, you know this is not the Oyo of that period. You see the infrastructure, livelihood, economic stability and relative peace.”
“With that performance, and a young man, an engineer, who feels he is capable compared to what we have seen around, he can steer the ship of Nigeria to the next level. Nigerians will be proud that they made the right choice.”
—APM opens doors for PDP defectors—
Dantalle said internal crises in PDP and other parties forced politicians to seek alternative platforms. “Today, Seyi Makinde is a member of APM. All aspirants in PDP will run their race on the platform of APM,” he disclosed.
He insisted alliances are constitutional: “In 2023 there was an alliance between PDP, APM and about five other parties. The ranks of both PDP and APM have swollen.”
—“Nigeria not drifting to one-party state” + reform demands—
The IPAC chairman rejected claims of one-party dominance: “You have presidential candidates of not less than ten parties. Nigeria is too big for one party.”
But he called for urgent reforms: strengthening local government autonomy, fixing electoral process transparency, and tackling insecurity.
“Criminality has become a norm. Criminals don’t hide faces anymore. There is a design by invisible hands to destroy education, villages and agriculture,” he lamented.
On hardship: “Nigerians are suffering, whether we like it or not. Makinde said we should reset Nigeria — go back to the foundation.”
“IPAC will never be part of anything that will truncate democracy,” Dantalle added.
