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No less than 14 governmental gladiators from the starring absorption All Progressives Congress (APC) person declared their bid to unseat the incumbent governor, Ademola Adeleke, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) successful 2026.
The aspirants see but not constricted to the following; Otunba Christopher Iyiola Omisore, Hon Bola Oyebamiji, Omooba Dotun Babayemi, Professor Rafiu Durodoye, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi and Hon. Benedict Adegboyega Alabi.
Also successful the contention are Senator Babajide Omoworare, Senator Mudashiru Hussain, Hon. Kunle Rasheed Adegoke, Mr Babatunde Oralusi and Dr Peter Babalola among others that person shown involvement but are yet to marque nationalist declaration.
Contestants from Osun West Senatorial District wherever we person Senator Ademola Adeleke, the incumbent politician are Oyebanji, Alabi, Ogunbiyi, Hussain, Babayemi, and Babalola, portion Omisore, Oralusi and Omoworare are from East Senatorial District and Adegoke, Durodoye coming from Osun Central District.
All the aspirants expressed optimism that they would look the emblem bearer of the enactment astatine the superior predetermination slated for December.
But the ruling Peoples Democratic Party has declared them arsenic feather value politicians that cannot lucifer the acceptability Governor Ademola Adeleke is enjoying successful the state.
PDP president successful the state, Hon. Sunday Bisi, noted that the show of Adeleke would talk for him astatine the poll, adding that the politician had touched the lives of each idiosyncratic successful the authorities successful 1 mode oregon another.
However, the president of the APC, Sooko Tajudeen, has consistently declared that his enactment would triumph the governorship predetermination but urged each the aspirants to spell to the grassroots to mobilise for the party.
He besides told each the aspirants to beryllium acceptable to enactment for whosoever emerged astatine the enactment primary, insisting that the eventual was for the enactment to unseat Governor Adeleke for the wellbeing of the people.
In their determination to alert the emblem of the enactment successful August, the archetypal aspirant to sound astatine the doorway of the authorities enforcement committee of the APC astatine the office of the enactment successful Osogbo connected June 3, 2025 was a US-based prof of Mathematics, Professor Rafiu Durodoye from Osogbo and the latest was Otunba Iyiola Omisore who declared connected October 8, 2025.
Omisore boasted that helium was optimistic of winning the enactment summons with 90 percent of the votes, adding that helium would triumph convincingly.
Grassroots mobiliser, Omooba Dotun Babayemi who astatine the clip of filing this study covered 200 of the 322 wards successful the state, said helium has what is required to get votes of the delegates astatine the primary.
Also speaking portion making his declaration, Bola Oyebanji, who had served arsenic commissioner for concern nether 2 administrations successful the authorities and existent managing director, National Inland and Waterways Authority, promised to bring his fiscal managerial accomplishment to marque Osun buoyant.
Oyebanji expressed his optimism that helium would clinch the governorship summons of his enactment successful December and yet look arsenic Osun governor-elect connected August 12, 2026.
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