BREAKING: Kwara Guber: Gov. AbdulRazaq Endorses Yahaya Seriki

Ahead of Thursday’s gubernatorial primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has endorsed Amb. Yahaya Seriki as the party’s gubernatorial candidate.

The governor made the announcement in a statement he personally signed and made available to LEADERSHIP.

The statement reads: “Following extensive consultations with party structures and leadership, I am pleased to endorse Ambassador Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki (MFR) as my preferred successor under the platform of our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“Young, pro-people, astute, and broad-minded, Amb. Yahaya Seriki has been a great political mobiliser with profound investments in and extensive goodwill among the people of Kwara State. I have no doubt about his capacity, and I believe his choice is appropriate for the people of our state at this time.

“While this does not in any way preclude other aspirants from contesting in the primaries, I urge members and leaders to affirm the choice of Seriki as our candidate for cohesion, unity, and the continuous success of the party as we hold our gubernatorial primaries on Thursday, May 21, 2026.

“The choice of Amb. Yahaya Seriki is neither a disapproval of any of our eminently qualified aspirants nor a whimsical attempt to delegitimise the noble aspirations of our people. But in a race involving some 16 great minds for one office, only one person can take the shot at a time.

“Finally, I acknowledge and commend the statesmanship of our aspirants, all of whom have shown discipline and impressive capacity to build on the undeniable achievements of our administration over the last seven years for the good of the people of Kwara State.”