Former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to former President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters and a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Senator Babajide Omoworare, has expressed optimism in securing the party’s gubernatorial ticket and leading it to victory in the 2026 election in the state.
Omoworare said this on Saturday at the 6th Edition of the Yoruba Summit organised by the Yoruba Patriots Movement (YPM), comprising Yoruba leaders of thought in conjunction with the Coalition of Southwest Civil Society in Nigeria.
The programme, which was held at Horoya event centre, Ring Road, Osogbo, the state capital, was to strategise for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
Omoworare, who is one of the leading APC gubernatorial aspirants ahead of the 2026 gubernatorial election, said Osun people want a hardworking leader who knows the values of everything and expressed optimism that he would emerge as the candidate of the party and will lead it to victory by the help of God and all the stakeholders.
He said, “APC will wrestle power from the APC in the forthcoming election in the state.
“APC will win the 2026 gubernatorial election, and what we need is cooperation, collaboration, and coordination. We are on the ground here in Osun State; we just need to come together for victory”.
He thereafter charged all stakeholders within the party to work assiduously to mobilise youths and the old for the success of the APC in the election.
The Ife-born politician lamented that despite the huge increase in allocation to state governors, which was made possible by President Tinubu’s reforms, many governors are still underperforming, which is greatly telling on people getting dividends of democracy. He therefore charged the electorate to vote out any government that is not using the money well.
According to Omoworare, the states have never had it this good in the past, saying states are now receiving the best allocations from the federal government.
On Tinubu’s re-election, Omoworare said Tinubu’s continued stay in Aso Rock until 2031 is an indispensable project for all Yorubas, maintaining that all efforts would be made in the Yoruba region to ensure that the project is successful.
Omoworare, while speaking on the theme of the summit entitled “Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda: Life More Abundant for all Nigerians, Regardless of Creed, Tribe or Tongue,’ described President Tinubu as a tribeless personality who embraced all tribes irrespective of their religions, languages, cultures, traditions, and other differences.
He, however, pledged that mass mobilisation would be carried out in the region to ensure that his second term bid is secured, saying Tinubu is a true elder statesman with good democratic dividends that could give succour to all and sundry in the country.
According to him, the president’s performance since 2023 has been a tremendous one because of his plan of actions that are centered on human humanity.
Source: NG Tribune