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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has said that the national leader of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, and the Minister for Marine and Blue Economy, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, were capable of producing the best among the aspirants for the 2026 governorship election.
Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), in a statement yesterday, said Akande, Oyetola and the party’s chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, have the required experience to lead a credible process, in line with the party’s guidelines to select a candidate, who will return the APC to office in the next governorship poll.
He noted that the number of aspirants on the platform of the Osun APC keeps growing and assured that the party leadership would ensure that the electorate gets a good candidate, who would eventually become governor from the pool of current aspirants.
According to him, all the 10 aspirants, who have shown interest are eminently qualified to fly the APC flag, but only one person would emerge as the candidate at the end of the process. “All the aspirants of the APC have the capacity to contest and win the election, but the reality is that only one person can be the party’s candidate.
“However, the number of aspirants, who have shown interest will not be a problem because Chief Bisi Akande, our national leader, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the leader of the party in the state, and the party’s chairman, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, working with other stakeholders, will pick the best man from the APC’s long list of aspirants,” he said.
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Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, subsequently appealed to all the aspirants to support whoever emerges as the party’s candidate.
The APC chieftain emphasised that the next governorship election in the state remains crucial, and stressed that all aspirants must work together to ensure victory for the party.
He added that the party would wrest power from the PDP in the state, given the current realities on the ground and demanded more dedication and unity from members for the task ahead to be accomplished without stress.
He further said that the people of the state were eager for the return of the APC to power, assuring that in 2026, the party would be victorious.
“All our aspirants are capable and whoever emerges as the party’s candidate will win the election with a wide margin,” Oyintiloye said.
