2026: APC Osun West makes special plea to Bisi Akande

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All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the Osun West Senatorial District have urged Adebisi Akande, a former state and the party’s first national chairman, to support the proposals for zoning the district’s guber ticket.

In a congratulatory letter released on Wednesday to commemorate Akande’s 86th birthday, the leaders made the call.

Adegboyega Oyetola, the former governor and current Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, is leading the Osun State chapter of the APC, which is being called upon to zone the party’s ticket to Osun West for the 2026 guber election.

Even though Oyetola was identified as having the Right of First Refusal by the majority of the groups publicly calling for a move to the district, they also stated that it was fair to zone the guber ticket to the district because the zone hasn’t produced a guber candidate for the party since the return to democratic rule in 1999.

In order for the district to fulfil its goal of providing the APC flag-bearer, the Osun West APC leadership later required the support of the former state governor, provided that Adegboyega Oyetola, the immediate past governor, would not be running for office again in 2026.

They went on to say that they were appealing to the elder statesman because of his undeniable qualities and objective sense of justice and equity.

The West Senatorial, according to a statement obtained in Osogbo and signed by its Chairman, Akintola Omolaoye compared Akande’s political background to “a pool of wisdom, where many desirous and inquisitive politicians have been drawing over the years especially in an exponential manner since 1999.”

The statement reads in part, “The leadership of APC, OSUN WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT, is placing its heartfelt congratulations as His Excellency, Chief ‘Bisi AKANDE clocks and marks his glorious 86th year on the land of the living on the 16th day of January 2025.

“The District appreciates God’s goodness and favour for sparing him for us in APC as a political fold and Nigeria as a nation from whose pool of wisdom, many desirous and inquisitive politicians have been drawing over the years especially in an exponential manner since 1999.

“The District’s leadership has unwavering and absolute confidence in your unbiased senses of fairness, justice, equity, spread, inclusivity and promotion of a political sense of belonging upon which democratic governance sustainability wholesomely rested.

“With the above position, our district strongly hopes that if ‘the RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL is let loose on 2026’, your Excellency shall be magnanimous to consider the District, as a righteous deed of birthday.”

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