2027: Adelabu Confident of APC Governorship Ticket, Calls for patience as party leadership finalises process
… Says only party’s national leadership can announce results
A leading gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 election in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has expressed optimism about emerging as the party’s candidate for the 2027 governorship election.
He said he was awaiting the official declaration of the gubernatorial primary result from the APC national body.
Speaking with journalists at the Agodi-Gate praying ground, Adelabu stated that only the national leadership of the party had the authority to announce the outcome of the primary.
He stressed that no individual or structure at the state level possessed such power.
The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria said he and his supporters were keeping their fingers crossed until they received clear direction from the party’s leadership regarding the result.
He urged calm among his followers while the process ran its course.
Adelabu emphasized that politics should serve as a tool for unity and service, not division.
“Politics to me is about serving the people. What matters to me is what binds us together as a people and as a party,” he said.
He added that politics should not be taken so seriously that it tears people apart, noting that arguments, crises, and resolutions were part of the democratic process.
According to him, what unites members of the party was stronger than what divides them.
The APC chieftain also used the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir to greet Muslims across Oyo State and Nigeria.
He urged citizens to imbibe the lessons of love, peaceful coexistence, and compassion for one another, saying such values would help reduce kidnappings, killings, and other social vices.
Adelabu concluded by praying for God’s guidance on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, expressing hope that the president would continue to provide quality leadership to move Nigeria closer to the people’s aspiration for a better nation.
