By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta
LESS than two years to the 2027 basic elections and expiration of the eight-year tenure of Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, political undercurrents are gathering momentum as aspirants in search of to occupy the Oke-Mosan prime seat from Could 29, 2027 oil their equipment.
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Already, a number of contenders and and pretenders have emerged as political gladiators throughout get together traces are gearing up by consultations, forging alliances.
Elements that may form contest
Amid the consultations, components that may form the emergence of the subsequent governor of the state embrace power-shift and zoning, affect of Governor Abiodun and political godfathers. There was sturdy agitation for an influence shift to Ogun West, which is the one zone that’s but to supply a governor for the reason that state’s creation in 1976.
Many leaders from the zone have been making strikes to make sure that it produces the subsequent governor.
Political analysts have attributed the shortcoming of the district to supply a governor within the final 49 years to the inner divisions amongst its constituent teams.
Affect of gov, godfathers
Additionally, the affect of the incumbent governor and political godfathers, together with former governors Olusegun Osoba (Ogun Central), Gbenga Daniel (Ogun East) and Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun Central), can’t be underestimated. Their endorsements and behind-the-scenes manoeuvres will probably form alliances and in the end the end result of the race.
The aspirants
Findings additional revealed that a few of the politicians exhibiting curiosity within the exalted place from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC embrace the present Deputy Governor, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele; the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Olamilekan Adeola, popularly often called Yayi; former Nigerian Excessive Commissioner to the UK, Sarafa Tunji-Ishola; and Senator Shuaib Salisu.
Within the Peoples Democratic Celebration, the 2023 governorship candidate of the get together, Ladi Adebutu, seems to be the one notable aspirant for the primary seat.
Olamilekan Adeola
Main the listing of potential candidates of the APC is Senator Olamilekan Adeola, who’s at the moment representing Ogun West within the Pink Chamber of the Nationwide Meeting
Senator Adeola returned to Ogun State after constructing his political profession in Lagos. Adeola has persistently pushed for Ogun West to supply the subsequent governor. His stable political equipment and positioning make him one of many strongest forces to observe within the coming race.
Adeola, a chartered accountant started his political profession in 2003 as a member of the Lagos State Home of Meeting, representing Alimosho Constituency 1, and was re-elected in 2007. He went on to signify Lagos in each the Home of Representatives and the Senate from 2011 to 2023. In 2023, he shifted his political base to Ogun and received the Ogun West Senatorial seat.
Since his return to the state, Adeola has positively impacted on Ogun West senatorial district by numerous initiatives and empowerment programmes.
Sarafa Tunji-Ishola
Tunji-Ishola was secretary to the state authorities throughout the first time period of Otunba Gbenga Daniel between 2003 and 2007. He was additionally Minister of Mines and Metal Growth underneath late former President Umar Yar’Adua and ex-Excessive Commissioner. he’s a grassroots politician from the Egba division of Ogun Central.
Findings present that he’s counting on the political construction of the quick previous governor of the State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, to understand his governorship ambition.
Gboyega Nasir Isiaka
Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, popularly often called GNI, is a chartered accountant and former banker. He’s at the moment representing Imeko-Afon/Yewa North Federal Constituency within the Home of Representatives.
He beforehand served as Particular Assistant on Investments to former Governor Gbenga Daniel in 2003 and 2011. Isiaka has contested the governorship place 3 times—underneath the Individuals’s Celebration of Nigeria, PPN, in 2011, the PDP in 2015, and the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in 2019. He is without doubt one of the main governorship aspirants from Ogun West.
Ladi Adebutu
Ladi Adebutu has been energetic in Ogun politics for over 30 years. He misplaced to the incumbent governor within the 2023 election by 13,915 votes. Adebutu is a local of Iperu Remo in Ikenne Native Authorities Space, additionally the governor’s hometown. In 2015, he was elected to signify Remo North, Sagamu and Ikenne Federal Constituency within the Home of Representatives.
Because the 2023 election, he has retained sturdy management of the PDP construction within the state making him the get together’s most distinguished aspirant in the meanwhile.
Noimot Salako-Oyedele
The State incumbent deputy governor hails from Ota in Ogun West Senatorial District. She is believed to be hinging her governorship ambition on the rising advocacy for the state to supply its first feminine governor. Her aspiration additionally aligns with the decision for Ogun West to supply the subsequent governor. Nevertheless, political analysts see her probabilities as slim.
Supporters of the totally different aspirants have launched a supremacy battle, significantly on social media, selling their candidates as essentially the most deserving of the ticket.
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