Kwara 2027: 16 Aspirants Jostling For APC Guber Ticket

By Oyewale Oyelola

No fewer than 16 Aspirants are jostling for the governorship ticket of  the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara 2027 race.

The APC governorship Aspirants include three serving Senators from the state; Saliu Mustapha (Kwara Central), Lola Ashiru (Kwara South) and Sadiq Umar (Kwara North).

FactualTimes gathered that the Speaker Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Salihu-Danladi, former Kwara APC Chairman, Hon. Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa, PhD, two term Campaign DG of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Amb Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki and a Chartered Accountant, Alhaji Tajudeen Audu are also aspiring to get the ruling Party’s ticket to contest Kwara 2027 governorship election.

Our Correspondent reports that five serving appointees of President Bola Tinubu have indicated interest in the gubernatorial race.  The Appointees are The Director General National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies; Prof Abubakar Suleiman, Director General National Orientation Agency; Mallam Lanre-Issa Onilu, the Chairman Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor, Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun, Prof Wale Sulaiman, the Chairman Governing Board of National Health Insurance Authority, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe and Non-Executive Commissioner for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr. Sunday Adebayo Babalola.

New entrance in the Kwara Governorship race include Canada based Geologist, Abdulmujib Olaniyi, Global President of Offa Descendants Union, Alhaji Azeez Salako, former Kwara PDP Youth Leader, Prince Haliru Mahmud Dantsoho and Engr. Ahmed Baba.

APC Aspirants spread across the three Senatorial districts of the state. It’s however unclear, if the ruling party would zone the governorship ticket amidst agitation from Kwara North Senatorial district.