The Nationwide Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, has formally withdrawn from the race for the get together’s governorship ticket forward of the 2026 election in Osun State.
Basiru’s announcement comes lower than three weeks earlier than the APC governorship major slated for December 13.
The previous spokesperson of the Senate made the declaration on Saturday in Osogbo in the course of the inauguration of Alubarika Home, the brand new secretariat of his political motion. Basiru, who had beforehand consulted get together leaders throughout wards and native authorities areas, stated his resolution adopted intensive deliberations and an evaluation of his present obligations.
“Contemplating the big obligations of my present workplace as Nationwide Secretary of our nice get together, and after due consultations with our esteemed leaders and stakeholders – significantly the Chief of our get together and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu – it has turn out to be essential to emphatically state that I shall not be contesting the 2026 Osun State governorship election,” he introduced.
The APC nationwide scribe stated his withdrawal shouldn’t be interpreted as stepping again from the progressive objectives he shares with get together members. As an alternative, he described it as “a renewed pledge to deepen my dedication to proceed working with our leaders and all members of the Alubarika Motion and the APC in Osun State and Nigeria to nurture and help rising political leaders within the APC who will renew the hopes of the nice folks of Nigeria in alignment with the Renewed Hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
Basiru stated the newly inaugurated Alubarika Home would function the motion’s operational base and a hub for empowerment initiatives. He additionally introduced a donation of N50 million as a take-off fund for upcoming programmes.
With Basiru out of the race, about 13 aspirants stay in competition for the APC ticket. They embrace former Managing Director of the Nationwide Inland Waterways Authority, Bola Oyebamiji; former Senate Committee Chairman on Guidelines and Enterprise, Senator Babajide Omoworare; former Deputy Governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore; and authorized practitioner Dotun Babayemi, son of the instant previous Olufi of Gbongan.
Different contenders are former Deputy Governor Benedict Alabi, Chairman of Mutual Assurance Advantages Akin Ogunbiyi, and senior advocate Kunle Adegoke (SAN).
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