2027 Oyo Guber: Ignore Media Reports, President Tinubu, Olubadan Have No Preferred Candidate-Adelabu
Ahead of the 2027 Oyo State governorship primary election, Chief Bayo Adelabu, an APC gubernatorial aspirant, who resigned from his position as Minister of Power earlier in the week, has clarified and asserted that President Bola Tinubu and the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja have not declared or announced anyone as their preferred candidate.
Team@orentactualmags.com learned that Chief Adelabu said this while addressing supporters and party members in Ibadan, shortly after returning from Abuja on Thursday.
The former minister described media reports claiming that the president and Olubadan have endorsed a particular aspirant and declared support for his candidacy as false.
‘President Tinubu has not endorsed any consensus candidate, and the gubernatorial contest is open to whoever is interested. Asiwaju is the President of Nigeria, overseeing 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. He is the President of 774 Local Governments. He is the President of almost 3,000 wards. So, he will not endorse or have a special interest in anyone. He (Tinubu) said we should all go and meet as a party, reach consensus among ourselves as a party with critical stakeholders on the ground, and if it’s not possible for us to reach consensus, then we go for a direct primary.
On Olubadan endorsing an aspirant, I take the media report as a rumour, and I don’t believe in it. Olubadan is the father of all, irrespective of status or political affiliations’ he submitted.
Chief Bayo Adelabu also promised to ensure inclusive governance if elected governor next year.
‘My ambition to become governor of Oyo in 2027 is not to enrich myself, favour or benefit APC members, but the generality of the populace. My administration will be for the mass-oriented, including the poor, less privileged, women, youths, indigenes and residents of the state at large’ he said-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
