2027: Ogunwuyi, Agbeti, Three Ogbomoso LG Chairmen, 29 appointees Dump Makinde for APC

…As Defection Expected To Boost Alli’s Governorship Ambition In Oyo

A former Chief of Staff to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, and former member of the Governor’s Advisory Council, Rasak Gbadegesin Agbeti, are expected to lead the chairmen of Oriire, Surulere and Ogbomoso South Local Government Areas into the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The political leaders are expected to formally join the APC at a defection rally scheduled to hold in Ogbomoso today, alongside 29 former political appointees who reportedly served under Governor Makinde.

The rally is expected to attract prominent APC leaders and stakeholders, who will receive the defectors into the party, in what is being described as a major political realignment in the Ogbomoso zone.

The development is expected to strengthen the APC’s grassroots political structure in the area ahead of the 2027 general elections, while potentially altering the political balance in Ogbomoso and its environs.

The defection is also expected to provide additional political momentum for the governorship ambition of Senator Sharafadeen Alli, the APC candidate in Oyo State, while presenting a fresh challenge to the influence of Governor Makinde and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the area.

It would be recalled that political defections from the Makinde-led administration have continued since Ogunwuyi’s departure from government. Only yesterday, the former Chief of Staff reportedly donated vehicles and campaign materials to support APC mobilisation and campaign activities across the state.