Iyabo Obasanjo Picks PDP Senatorial Ticket for Ogun Central

Senator Iyabo Obasanjo has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial Candidate in Ogun Central for the 2027 general elections.

The PDP on presented the ticket Senator Obasanjo, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, represented Ogun Central in the Senate between 2007 and 2011.

In January this year, Senator Obasanjo returned to active politics after 15 years and joined the ruling APC, where she declared her ambition to run for governor.

She lost her re-election bid in 2011 and left the country to pursue a career in academia in the United States of America.

In January this year, Senator Obasanjo returned to active politics after 15 years and joined the ruling APC, where she declared her ambition to run for governor.

On May 31, she resigned her APC membership after losing the governorship ticket and rejoined her former party, the PDP.

Senator Obasanjo was officially received into the PDP fold at a massive rally held at the party secretariat in Abeokuta.

The reception was preceded by a procession through major streets in Abeokuta by Senator Obasanjo, flanked by the party’s governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, her supporters, and PDP members from Ogun Central and other parts of the state.

The State Chairman of the PDP, Dr Abayomi Tella, presented the PDP flag to Senator Obasanjo, welcoming her back to the party and announcing her as the PDP candidate for Ogun Central in the next election.

“On behalf of our National Chairman, Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed, and the entire National Working Committee of the PDP, I, Abayomi Tella, PhD, the State Chairman of the PDP, and on behalf of PDP Ogun Central, present to our revered sister, Prof. Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, this flag as the authority of the party for her candidature for the Senate in Ogun Central,” Tella said.