Osun 2026: Osogbo leaders demand governorship slot

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo

Community heads successful Osogbo, the Osun State capital, person thrown their value down the Osogbo Elders Council, insisting that the 2026 governorship summons of the large governmental parties indispensable beryllium zoned to the town.

Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed Saturday, August 8, 2026, for the authorities governorship election.

Speaking connected Oroki Asala, a existent affairs programme connected the State-owned vigor station, the Baale of Gbodofon and Chairman of the Council of Baales successful Osogbo, High Chief Jimoh Ibrahim, emphasized that the municipality is present much agreed than ever connected the request to nutrient a governor.

He credited the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, for establishing the Osogbo Action Committee and the Osogbo Elders Council to extremity governmental divisions that had antecedently weakened the chances of Osogbo.

Chief Ibrahim stressed that the efforts of the Ataoja person already yielded results, with Osogbo speaking successful 1 dependable up of 2026. “The Elders Council has successfully agreed each Baales successful Osogbo. As Chairman of the Council of Baales, I affirm that we basal solidly down them successful this telephone for an Osogbo indigene to look arsenic governor. We volition play our portion to marque it happen.

“Despite Osogbo’s humanities relation arsenic a decisive voting bloc successful Osun authorities since its days arsenic portion of aged Oyo State, nary indigene of the Osogbo has ever been elected politician successful the 34 years of the state’s existence”, helium added.

Similarly, Prince Adeleke Oduola Ibiloye, Chairman of the Osogbo Elders Council, reiterated that Osogbo’s long-standing enactment for different towns indispensable present beryllium reciprocated. “We person stood firmly down others successful the past. It is present clip for the remainder of Osun to enactment Osogbo. The 2026 governorship slot should beryllium ours, and we are determined to actualize it,” helium declared.

As the electioneering play gets closer, salient Osogbo indigenes are already eyeing tickets successful the All Progressives Congress, APC, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and African Democratic Congress, ADC. The assemblage leaders expressed optimism that the epoch of Osogbo’s exclusion from the governorship spot volition yet travel to an extremity successful 2026.

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