A political group, which dubbed itself Ojo-Oola Oyo has been pointedly told to desist from blackmailing the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare, who is also a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State.
A close ally of the Minister gave the warning while reacting to a report insinuating that the minister is engaging in anti-party activities.
The group had accused the minister of hobnobbing with PDP leaders in Oyo state, alleging that he had secretly endorsed Governor Seyi Makinde for a second term.
But reacting, the minister’s close ally wondered where those making the unfounded allegations were in 2014 when APC was being formed, asking them to go back to history to see the noble role played by Chief Dare then.
He insisted that the Sports Minister is 100 percent for the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and he has been playing an active role in the ongoing APC presidential campaigns across the country.
“When we were forming the APC in 2014, these renegades and irritants were lilliputians and nowhere around progressive politics.
“It is too late and foolhardy for anyone to try and blackmail Minister Dare. Let Teslim Folarin, Omodewu and their cohorts drink the poison they prepared.
“The minister has made his position known. He is 100 percent for Tinubu/Shettima. He is at present playing a big role in the Presidential rally in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. He has no interest in the Oyo Guber election,” the ally pointedly said.
