A popular and the leading governorship aspirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Omooba Dotun Babayemi, has said all the governorship aspirants seeking the ticket of the party at next year’s election, have pledged to work together for the victory of the party.
He noted that the resolve of the aspirants to work with a view to defeating the ruling party in the state was gladdening because of the unity ”being forged by them in this direction.”
He said it was reassuring that the APC would sail through at the 2026 polls because of the renewed determination of the aspirants and members of the party to ensure the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was sent packing.
The governorship hopeful, who spoke during the continuation of his statewide ward-to-ward visit to Ede North, South, Olorunda and Osogbo local governments where he hit wards, appealed to members of the party not to cause division among the aspirants, a development, he warned, was capable of affecting APC’s fortunes.
Across the 10 wards visited in the four councils, he said the aspirants eyeing the ticket of the party were 14, pleading with the APC supporters not to cause division among them and members of the party.
‘The important thing is for our party, the APC, to win the forthcoming election. We are 14 individuals currently vying to be picked as the candidate of APC. However, it’s only one of us that will eventually become the party’s standard-bearer for the 2026 governorship election. So, our unity as a family should not be sacrificed on the altar of self-centredness,’ he said.
Those who spoke at the places visited praised Babayemi’s team spirit, saying they would take his advice by ensuring a sustained unity among members of the party.
Among places visited at Ede North include Ward 7-(Sabo Agbongbe 2), Ward 4- Olusokun and Ward 5-Alasekere, while in Ede South, he was at Ward 1- Baba Nla Agate and Wrad 2-Kuye.
The places visited at Olorunda Local Government were Ward 9 in Oba-Ile and Ward 10 in Oba Oke, while he visited the following wards in Osogbo Council: Ataoja B, Jagun B and Otun Jagun A.