The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has portrayed his anti-people policy against his loyal party members in Oyo State who are committed to party success but were treated as pawns by the same party that they have dedicated their lives to.

In a video recently circulated online, the party members were protesting what they alleged was bad welfarism, injustice and deception by the leadership of the party.

In the video, party members who were party agents in the 2023 general election are mounting the podium in protest of their agent fees since over two years have passed, and the leadership of the party is still expecting them to be the party agents in the bye-election coming up tomorrow.

In the viral video, the protest ensued when one of the organisers was pacifying the helpless party members to go and work for the party in the by-election. According to the video, he hasn’t concluded his speech before one of the aggrieved members snatches the microphone: “We’ve not been paid our agent fees since the last gubernatorial election that was held in the state; our efforts were in futility since the party didn’t rectify the issue.”

He continued, “We were mobilised to the stadium to welcome the State Governor during the Late Omololu Olunloyo Burial. That day, heavy rain beat all of us. When we returned to the local government secretariat after the programme, we were told that the Ibadan North council chairman had gone out. The party secretary compiled our names in a list, and we haven’t received a penny to date. Two days to the by-election, the leadership of the party is still using deceptive tactics for us. We have been here since 9am, but we have not been serving any refreshment since morning, and there is no transport fare for all the attendees. My advice for our leaders is to plan well before organising any programmes. The bye-election is in less than 48 hours, and you’re still playing deceptive politics for us,” he submitted.

Expressing dissatisfaction over political slavery, other party members unanimously lamented that they left their work since morning; even if they were engaging in their business, they would have made a profit, but the party called them to a time-wasting programme. Refreshments were not served; this is uncalled for. “Iyà titó gé o,” they fumed.