A group within the Osun state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has sought for support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the national chairman of the ruling party, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, to secure Osun West Senatorial District gubernatorial ticket in the forthcoming election.
The group which identified itself as Osogbo Progressives Alliance (OPA) which sought for the party leaders cooperation while speaking with newsmen in Osogbo after it’s peaceful rally on Thursday pointed out that, “the appeal had become imperative to address imbalance in the zones that produce the governor in the state and to ensure that APC wins the 2026 governorship election.”
The Coordinator of the group, Ademola Quadri explained further that, the zone had not produced a sitting governor in the last 26 years and that despite this, the zone had been consistently demonstrating utmost loyalty to the Progressives family.
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He added. “We are persuaded that it is profoundly unjust for the progressive party to have overlooked Osun West in its gubernatorial considerations since 1999, through 26 years of political evolution to the present day”
“We fervently appeal to President our national party chairman, Abdullah Ganduje, Chief Adebisi Akande, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, Sen. Ajibola Basiru, and other elders of the party to support the aspirations of Osun West in the 2026 governorship election”.
“While we do not dismiss the rights of those who wish to contest the election, we believe that enduring peace, equity, fairness, and social harmony within the progressive family should be the ultimate aim of any fair-minded individual in Osogbo.”
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