{
  "id": 13112006,
  "title": "Oyo: Hoodlums who attacked your wife, candidates are APC members – Makinde tells Alli",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/oyo-hoodlums-who-attacked-your-wife-candidates-are-apc-members",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T12:19:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/09/oyo-hoodlums-who-attacked-your-wife-candidates-are-apc-members-makinde-tells-alli/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has revealed that the attackers who targeted the wife of APC gubernatorial candidate, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, along with other APC chieftains, are members of the party. This revelation comes in a statement by Makinde's Special Adviser on Media, Dr Sulaimon Olanrewaju. Alli had previously accused the Oyo State government, led by Makinde, and the APM gubernatorial candidate, Abimbola Adekanmbi, of sponsoring hoodlums to carry out the attacks. However, Makinde dismissed these allegations as false and irresponsible, emphasizing that the attackers were APC members caught in the midst of internal party disputes. The statement clarified that these incidents were instances of intra-party conflicts, rather than government-sponsored attacks.",
  "summary": "Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that some hoodlums who attacked Mrs Tawakalitu Alli, the wife of the All Progressives Congress, APC, gubernatorial candidate, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, and other All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftains, are members of the party. Makinde noted that the hoodlums are APC members who are angry with the leadership […] Oyo: Hoodlums who attacked your…",
  "key_points": [
    "Attackers targeting APC candidates are APC members",
    "Governor Makinde denies government sponsorship",
    "Incidents are intra-party conflicts"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}