Odidiomo sets target for 2027 election 

Oyo South senatorial candidate of the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) and House of Representatives member representing Ibadan North-West/Ibadan South-West federal constituency of Oyo State, Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide Odidiomo, has declared that he is setting an electoral target of 250,000 votes in the 2027 general election.

Olajide made the declaration while receiving members of the Odidiomo Movement, Ibadan North local government Teachers’ Forum who paid him a solidarity visit at his residence in Ibadan to reaffirm its support for his senatorial aspiration across the district ahead of the 2027 polls.

The two-term federal lawmaker expressed confidence in the growing popularity of the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) across Oyo South senatorial district and Oyo State, declaring that his target of 250,000 votes would more than double the highest number of votes ever recorded in the electoral history of the district. 

He maintained that the political equation ahead of the 2027 general election had shifted decisively in favour of the party.

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“I am looking for 250,000 votes. The highest votes ever recorded in Oyo South stand at about 115,000, but I intend to raise that bar. Once we deliver Oyo south, the victory of our governorship candidate, Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi, becomes a done deal. Our target is achievable because our structure is expanding and our message is solid with the people,” he said.

Speaking on his political relationship with Governor Seyi Makinde, Olajide reaffirmed his loyalty to the governor, revealing that respected political leaders, including Chief Kola Daisi, Chief K.O Olatunji, and Baba Champion, among other notable Ibadan elders, encouraged him to align with Makinde in the interest of Oyo State.

“My loyalty to Governor Seyi Makinde is undivided. I rose with him and I can never be part of anything that will undermine his political future. I stand by loyalty because it is one of the principles that define my life,” he declared.

Earlier, the coordinator of the Odidiomo Movement, Ibadan North Teachers’ Forum, Mr. Olaide Samuel Olayinka, assured the federal lawmaker of the forum’s commitment to mobilizing teachers and other stakeholders in support of his senatorial ambition.

He expressed the readiness of members of the forum on intensifying grassroots mobilization across Oyo South, expressing confidence that the lawmaker’s experience, accessibility and record of service would earn him widespread support in the 2027 general election.