Aspirants from Kwara North jostling for the 2027 governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have resolved to work together to ensure that the ticket does not elude the area.
The aspirants include the speaker of the state House of Assembly, Engr Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, Senator representing Kwara north, Sadiq Umar, Alh Tajudeen Audu and Prince Haliru Dantosho.
At a stakeholders’ meeting held in Ilorin at the instance of the members of the state APC working committee from Kwara North led by the deputy chairman of the party, Alh Abdullahi Samari, the aspirants appealed to the people of Kwara Central and Kwara South to support the advocacy of Kwara North in the interest of justice, equity and fairness.
Addressing the aspirants, Samari said the leaders from the zone found it necessary to discuss and chart a course and work on the only variable that would ensure that the position does not elude the region.
“We are having an in-house discussion with those we have seen so far who have shown interest in the number one position in Kwara State. As members of the same house, it is proper for us to sit down together to discuss and chart a course and work on the only variable that will ensure that the position will not elude us.
“It is possible that we have more aspirants from Kwara North because the go-ahead from the party is yet to be given. So, we are not excluding anybody. We are only working on the basis of those we know for now.
This type of meeting will continue if others also show interest.
“The purpose of the meeting is to put our house in order and to let the whole world know that Kwara North is prepared and ready to take over from the current Governor, His Excellency AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and continue his good work. We want to surprise Kwarans that the Kwara North candidate who will be the Governor of Kwara State will perform wonders because we have materials,” Samari said.
The speaker of the State House of Assembly, Danladi-Salihu, appealed to the people of Kwara South and Central to support the northern zone of the state to have the gubernatorial ticket in 2027.
“All of us from Kwara north are one. We are united and by God’s grace, we will reach that destination. We are only pleading to Kwara South and Central to support the northern zone of the state to have the gubernatorial ticket. It is God’s project and by His grace we shall succeed. May Almighty Allaah guide us,” he said.
Senator Umar, on his part, asked members of the party across board to trust Kwara northerners and give them opportunity to also govern the state.
“We are united in Kwara north. We are not divided, we are the same family. For us in Kwara north, we are hungry for this position in the interest of Kwara first and of course, our region. There is no division among us. We are brothers,”he said.
Another aspirant, Alh Tajudeen Audu implored all Kwarans to support the region in the interest of the state, saying the Kwara north aspirants are pan-Kwara.
On his part, Haliru Dantosho debunked rumours that Kwara north is divided over the 2027 gubernatorial ticket, saying that the region stands united and anyone that emerges as the candidate of the party from region would be supported 100%.
The meeting was attended by members of the State Working Committee from Kwara north, including the senatorial chairman and the party’s chairmen from the five local government areas( Edu, Patigi , Kaiama, Baruten and Moro) that make up Kwara North
