2027 OYO GOVERNORSHIP: IT IS TIME FOR OKE OGUN, IBARAPA INDIGENE FOR EQUITY, JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS

The people of Oke Ogun and Ibarapa zones of Oyo State under the aegis of ‘Egbe Ajosepo fun Ilosiwaju Gbogbo wa’ has on Wednesday, 5th February launched advocacy for power shift from Ibadan, the State capital to Oke Ogun and Ibarapa zone which has never had the opportunity of becoming the governor of the State since inception

This was established at a Press Conference held at the group’s headquarters, Adeyanju House, Iseyin, Oyo State today.

The event which had in attendance the chairman Egbe Ajosepo fun Ilosiwaju Gbogbo wa, Engr. Dauda Olaifa projected a list of Oyo State Governors since 1999 till date indicating that some of the zones in the State have been marginalized, denying them the opportunity of becoming the Governor of the State.

According to the narration, Ibadan had produced four Governors out of a total of five, citing :

1. Alhaji Lamidi Onaolapo Adeshina 1999-2003, Ibadan.

2. Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, 2003-2007, Ibadan.

3. Chief Adebayo Alao Akala, 2007-2011, Ogbomoso.

4. Senator Abiola Ajimobi, 2011- 2019, Ibadan.

5. Engr. Seyi Makinde, 2019 till date, Ibadan.

Engr. Olaifa who spoke on behalf of the group emphasised that Okeogun and Ibarapa’s choice of the becoming the next Governor of Oyo State is non-negotiable.

In emphatical manner, Eng. Olaifa said:

“Oke Ogun, Ibarapa’s choice of becoming the next Governor come 2027 is non-negotiable and so the people therein and those in other marginalized zones should come together and intellectually fight for their rights.”

He declared that electorates in Oke-Ogun and Ibarapa have keyed into the vision the same way those in Oyo and Ogbomoso zones have expressed readiness to join in the struggle to achieve rotational governorship seat and so pave way for power shift to Oke Ogun in 2027.

In a separate remark, the Secretary of the group, Pastor Favour Adewoyin appealed to the two leading political parties: All Progressives Congress and People’s Democratic Party to pick their respective flagbearers from any town in Oke Ogun and Ibarapa for the 2027 elections with a solid Memorandum of Understanding that the next Governor after that should also come from another marginalized zones in the State. This according to him will ensure equality, equity and justice.

The group however warned that no Oke Ogun indigene should use the seat of Deputy Governor as a bane for negotiation.