Oyo 2027: ‘We Will Not Disappoint You’, APC Deputy Gov Candidate, Adedeji Tells Supporters

The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Barrister Soji Adedeji, has assured party supporters that the party’s candidates would not disappoint them if elected in the 2027 general elections.

Adedeji gave the assurance on Wednesday while receiving members of the Yari 774 Initiative For Asiwaju at the APC campaign office in the Dandaru area of Agodi, Ibadan.

He commended the group for identifying with the party’s candidates and urged its members to intensify their mobilisation efforts ahead of the elections.

“I appreciate this movement for the support you are giving us. We know that you love us because what you are doing is helping us. We will all reap the fruits of our labour by the grace of God. Let us put in more efforts.

“We will not disappoint you, but let us work effectively together,” Adedeji said.

The APC deputy governorship candidate also expressed confidence in the party’s chances in the 2027 elections, declaring that even dead people would rise to cast their votes for the APC.

“We are very much prepared for the election and we are assured of victory. As a matter of fact, even the dead would rise up and begin to cast their votes for our party to win the election,” he declared.

The visit was organised by the Yari 774 Initiative For Asiwaju, a grassroots political mobilisation platform inspired by Senator Abdulaziz Yari, which used the occasion to reaffirm its support for the APC governorship candidate, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, Adedeji and other party candidates in Oyo State.

Speaking at the gathering, the state coordinator of the initiative, Hon. Oladunni Olubukola, said the group was committed to mobilising support for the APC through grassroots engagement, ward meetings and community outreach.

She said members were not waiting for financial inducements from candidates before carrying out their activities, adding that individuals within the movement were supporting its operations.

“We are working tirelessly to mobilise the people from the grassroots. We are encouraging our people to engage in ward meetings. This is a special movement.

“We have those people financing us and are not waiting for candidates to give us money. But we are moving with our leaders who know us. And we know that victory is certain for all our candidates,” Olubukola said.

Also speaking, the Oyo Central Senatorial District Coordinator, Alhaji Bola Akinyemi, said the gathering was an opportunity for the group to demonstrate its support for the APC candidates, particularly Alli and Adedeji.

Akinyemi disclosed that the initiative had more than 7,000 executive members across the state and claimed that its total membership had exceeded 20,000.

He explained that the group’s structure comprised 20 executives at the state level, 19 in each of the 33 local government areas and 19 in each of the 351 wards in Oyo State.

He added that representatives from different parts of the state, including Kisi, Igbeti, Saki, Oyo East, Oyo West and Ogbomoso, attended the gathering, alongside representatives from the 11 local government areas in Oyo Central Senatorial District.

Akinyemi described the Yari 774 Initiative as a nationwide political mobilisation platform established to coordinate grassroots support for APC candidates across the country.