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Osun 2026: Oyetola Drops Governorship Ambition; Says APC’s Return To Power ‘Not Negotiable’
Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has opted out of the 2026 governorship election in Osun State.
He, however, said the return of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to power in the state next year is not negotiable.
Oyetola, who governed the state between 2018 and 2022 and lost his re-election bid to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, broke the news of his non-participation in the APC governorship primaries at a meeting of party stakeholders in Osogbo on Friday.
He said the APC has enough qualified, competent and people of outstanding track records who could aspire to the office.
He said this was “a unique selling proposition to feast on, and we will continue to complement the federal government’s efforts on all fronts.”
Oyetola tasked the governorship aspirants of the APC in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Osun State to embrace peace and be each others’ keepers by avoiding a campaign of calumny, bitterness and politics of acrimony.
He said the party would not spare any legitimate effort to return to power, describing it as strong and able to unseat Governor Ademola Adeleke.
Commenting on the coalition moves by some politicians against President Bola Tinubu, Oyetola said the coalition poses no threat to APC.
“It is crystal clear that the coalition is drifting to collapse,” he said.
“This has no iota of effect on us, particularly in Osun.
“We knew this since it is the same TOP that metamorphosed to Omoluabi and later ADC.
“We are resolute to come victorious in the future elections, and this is incontestable.”
He applauded the leadership and members of the party for their continuous commitment to the growth and development of the party since 2022, assuring them of his avowed commitment to lead the party to victory come 2026.
Speaking on the need for members of the party to mobilise massively for the Continuous Voter Registration and collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC), Oyetola described the move as a prerequisite for victory.
Prominent members of the APC seeking the governorship ticket include the National Secretary of APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru; Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji; Prince Dotun Babayemi; Senator Jide Omoworare; Chairman of Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi; Kunle Adegoke, SAN, and a Professor of Mathematics in the US, Rafiu Durodoye.
The Osogbo meeting was co-presided over by the APC state chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, and Chairman of the Elders’ Caucus, Chief Sola Akinwumi.
Also in attendance were APC State Secretary, Alhaji Kamorudeen Alao; Treasurer, Hon. Femi Kujembola; former Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole; Senior Special Assistant to President Tinubu on Protocol, Ambassador Issah Niniola; former Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico, Adejare Bello; member House of Reps representing Ilesa North Federal Constituency, Hon. Wole Oke; former Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Timothy Owoeye; Hon. Wale Afolabi; former Deputy Speaker, Hon. Akintunde Adegboye, and former national and state assembly lawmakers.
Governorship aspirants Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, popularly called AMBO; Babajide Omoworare; Prince Dotun Babayemi; Barrister Kunle Adegoke and Senator Mudashiru Hussein were also there as were local government chairmen and councillors, APC local government chairmen, APC state and local government EXCOs, stakeholders at wards, local government areas and state, among others.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged winner of the Ghari/Tsanyawa supplementary election in Kano state
The returning officer, Professor Muhammad Waziri of Bayero University, declared Garba Ya’u Gwarmai of the APC winner with 31,472 votes
Waziri defeated the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Yusuf Ali Maigado, who polled 27,931 votes
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured victory in the Ghari/Tsanyawa supplementary election held in Kano state.
Announcing the results on Sunday morning, August 17, the returning officer (RO), Professor Muhammad Waziri from Bayero University, declared APC candidate Garba Gwarmai the winner with a total of 31,472 votes.
He defeated the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Yusuf Maigado, who polled 27,931 votes, according to The Punch.
The supplementary poll was conducted after the initial election in the constituency was declared inconclusive. With a margin of 3,541 votes, Gwarmai’s victory marks a key win for the APC as the party continues to reinforce its influence across the state.
Meanwhile, the NNPP won the Bagwai/Shanono state assembly by-election in Kano state.
Daily Trust and Vanguard noted this update.
Announcing the result at 12:36 a.m. on Sunday, August 17, the RO for the election, Prof. Hassan Adamu Shitu, declared the NNPP candidate, Ali Hassan Kiyawa, winner with 16,198 votes, defeating the APC candidate, Ahmad Muhammad Kadamu, who polled 5,347 votes.
Former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has said that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is performing well but lacks an effective communication strategy to relay its achievements to Nigerians.
Aliyu made the statement on the Thursday edition of Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’, while reacting to the outcome of a recent public accountability session held in Kaduna.
Aliyu, reflecting on the discussions at the Kaduna Forum, said the government is facing public dissatisfaction not because it hasn’t delivered, but because it is failing to tell its own story effectively.
The ex-governor said it is proper for political leaders in the North to make demands from Tinubu’s administration since the bulk of the votes that took power came from the region.
“Let the people understand what is happening on the ground. If by what we say that 63/64 percent of the vote came from the north, it is only logical that the north will be expecting so much from the government.
“But from what we have seen so far is that the government is doing well but they do not know how to communicate very well,” he said.
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New Twist As El-Rufai Snubs ADC, Announces Another Party To Vote In Kaduna Bye-Election [ Video Trends]
Former Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai, appeared to have taken a reverse from the coalition’s adopted political platform, ADC
This is as the former governor took to social media and asked the people of Zaria, Chikun to vote for another party in the Saturday, August 16 (today), bye-elections in the constituencies in Kaduna
Recall that the former governor recently visited Sokoto to canvass support for the ADC, while criticising President Bola Tinubu and the APC government.
Click to watch El-Rufai’s video here
— Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai (@elrufai) August 14, 2025
Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna, has fueled speculations that he dumped the recently adopted coalition political platform, African Democratic Congress (ADC), as he called on the people of Chikun/Kajuru federal constituency and Zaria Kewaye and Basawa state constituency to vote for the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
However, in a dramatic turn, the former governor urged the people of Zaria and Chikun to vote for the SDP in the Saturday, August 16, by-election, a poll which was meant to test the opposition’s strength ahead of the 2027 general election.
Recall that El-Rufai defected to the SDP after dumping the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), but soon after joining the party, the SDP fell into a leadership crisis, and the former governor has been silent on his membership and allegations against him.
El-Rufai recently visited Sokoto on a mission to gather support for the ADC. He described his action as a patriotic one to rescue Nigeria from the grip of ‘nepotism’ and ‘incompetence’.
During his visit to Sokoto, the former governor attended two important events meant to sensitise the people and political stakeholders working to achieve the agenda of sacking President Tinubu and the APC in the next general election.
During his address at the event, the former governor lambasted the ruling party and called them ‘a failed, clannish, and visionless administration that has plunged Nigeria into deeper socio-economic misery’.
He declared that it was time for Nigerians to rise against the APC and accused the party of ‘broken promises and elite conspiracy’. He warned that any move to vote for the APC beyond 2027 would be a greater doom for the country.
However, in a sharp turn, the former governor, in a video posted on his social media page ahead of the by-election, urged the people in the constituencies where the poll will be held in Kaduna on Saturday, August 16, to vote for the SDP rather than the ADC he went to Sokoto to canvass for.
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