Oyo APM Crisis: Olorunsogo LG Chair Sacks Two Appointees Loyal To Olopoeyan

The Chairman of Olorunsogo Local Government, Hon. Olayanju Kazeem Onaolapo, has terminated the appointments of two political appointees amid a reported dispute over loyalty to Adebisi Olopoeyan, a chieftain of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Oyo State.

The affected officials are Gbadewole Elikanah Demola, Special Assistant to the Chairman, and Hon. Tijani Hammed Kola, Supervisor for Environment with effect from September 23, 2026.

The development comes against the backdrop of an earlier report by OYO INSIGHT.COM, based on a telephone conversation with a local government appointee who alleged that council chairmen had agreed to remove appointees loyal to Olopoeyan amid disagreements over the allocation of APM tickets for the December 2026 local government elections.

In the conversation, the appointee reportedly complained about unpaid salary and alleged that the chairman questioned her involvement with Olopoeyan’s camp. She also claimed that the directive to remove the appointees came from “power from above.”

The political tension has also featured in a video that emerged in which Olopoeyan defended his role in the political process that led to Governor Seyi Makinde securing the PDP governorship ticket in 2019.

Olopoeyan said he, Gov Seyi Makinde, Ayoade Adeseun and Muraina had met at Nikon Hotel in Abuja as part of the process, adding that Hon. Mulikat Adeola and Sen. Monsurat Sunmonu were also involved in building the political movement.

“They can’t send us away from the party, this APM he wants to vote with, I facilitated how it got here,” Olopoeyan said in the video.

He also urged his loyalists not to fight their friends in the APC, arguing that they could identify with people outside their party if those within their own political fold failed to recognise them.

However, the termination letters did not expressly link the removal of Demola and Kola to their political affiliations or relationship with Olopoeyan.

They stated that political appointees served at the chairman’s pleasure and could be removed when considered necessary in the interest of the administration or the public.

The letters also directed the two former appointees to hand over local government property in their possession to the Head of Local Government Administration.