Senator Solomon Adeola (Yayi) has been declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ogun State after Thursday’s primary — and it was a blowout.
Wale Ohu, chairman of the Ogun State Governorship Electoral Committee, said Adeola scored 304,055 votes out of 305,287 accredited voters. His only challenger, Abayomi Samako Hunye, polled no votes across the state’s 20 local government areas.
Ohu declared Adeola the duly elected APC governorship candidate for the 2027 election and said the results will be sent to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) for ratification.
Afterwards, Adeola thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his mentorship and support over a 24-year political career, saying Tinubu helped his climb from the Lagos State House of Assembly to the House of Representatives and now to a third term in the Senate. He also thanked former Ogun governor Olusegun Osoba and incumbent Governor Dapo Abiodun for backing his emergence as the party’s consensus candidate.
He praised APC leaders and stakeholders for a peaceful, transparent process, calling the result “a reflection of the party’s unity and political maturity.” Adeola vowed not to take that trust for granted and promised to build on the current administration’s achievements. “Our goal is to build on the remarkable achievements of Governor Dapo Abiodun and move Ogun State to a higher level of inclusive growth, infrastructure development, economic prosperity and people-oriented governance,” he said.
Governor Abiodun, pleased with the calm primary, added: “We must thank God for the peaceful way we have conducted our affairs so far. Other states are struggling to achieve what we accomplished seamlessly. I want to thank every party member who allowed the overall interest of the party to prevail over personal interests. Without their sacrifices, we would not be celebrating this success today,” the governor said.
