The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has disowned a group in the party purportedly in alliance with the Allied Peoples Movement in furtherance of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s presidential ambition.

The group, under the aegis of Stakeholders of the PDP and the APM in Ekiti State, had, at an advocacy and campaign awareness programme tagged “APM Awareness Campaign” in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, stated that it had begun grassroots mobilisation in support of Makinde’s presidential bid.

Makinde is the APM presidential candidate for the 2027 election.

But the PDP State Chairman, Lanre Omolase, in a statement titled, “Ekiti PDP Disowns Makinde, APM,” issued in Ado Ekiti on Friday, said the party had completely distanced itself from the group and the purported mobilisation.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Ekiti State PDP, under my leadership, hereby distances itself completely from both the APM and any purported presidential mobilisation project for Governor Seyi Makinde.

“No such mobilisation has been authorised, inaugurated or undertaken by the Ekiti State PDP leadership,” he said, adding that the PDP under his leadership would not have anything to do with Makinde.

He stated, “The party therefore urges members, supporters and the general public to treat any claim purporting to speak for the Ekiti State PDP without authorisation from its recognised leadership as a product of speculation and political mischief.

“The leadership further cautions individuals and groups against appropriating the name, structure or authority of the Ekiti PDP to advance personal political interests.

“The PDP in Ekiti State remains committed to due process, institutional discipline and the principle that only duly authorised organs and spokespersons can communicate its official positions,” Omolase stated.

The Ekiti PDP leadership urged members of the public “to exercise appropriate diligence before attributing political positions to the party, particularly on matters as consequential as presidential politics ahead of the 2027 general elections.”