Akure, Ondo
state - Abdullahi Ganduje , the national
chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the ruling party will
try its best to capture all southwest states.
Ganduje’s promise comes amid APC’s victory in
the 2024 Ondo state governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
state returning officer for the Ondo election, Professor Olayemi Rotimi
Akinwumi, who is also the vice-chancellor of the Federal University Lokoja in
Kogi state, declared Lucky Aiyedatiwa the winner on Sunday, November 17.
According to Akinwunmi, the APC candidate
won in all 18 local government areas of the state, securing a total of 366,781
votes. He defeated Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who
garnered 117,845 votes, placing second.
Speaking to the press after the APC's triumph on
Sunday, November 17, the former governor of Kano state, disclosed that his
party will try to win Osun state in 2026, and Oyo in 2027.
Ganduje explained: “Our next target now is this
geopolitical zone, the southwest geopolitical zone. Our next target. And you
know we are good in getting the target. That is Osun state and Oyo state. We
assure you, we will do all that is possible to bring them into the fold so that
we would have a political homogeneity in the southwest geopolitical zone.”
The chieftain, whose statement was shared on social
media, also extended words of encouragement to PDP candidate Ajayi.
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