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The national secretary of the Ilorin Emirate Political Advisory Council (IEPAC), Lt. Col. Abubakar Edun (Rtd), has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) stands a better chance of retaining Kwara state in the 2027 general elections if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Saliu Mustapha are both on the ballots in the forthcoming general elections.
Edun stated this during an interview with journalists on Wednesday in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.
He said President Tinubu continues to enjoy considerable support across the three senatorial districts of the state, adding that his candidacy would positively influence the APC’s performance in the first elections, particularly the National Assembly polls.
“What the president has done for Kwara state in the last three years, there is hardly anyone else that has done the same for the state before in history,”
Edun said.He cited federal appointments secured by prominent indigenes of the state under the Tinubu administration as evidence of the president’s commitment to Kwara.Among those mentioned were the Attorney-General of the Federation, Prince AbdulLateef Fagbemi (SAN); Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Bayo Ojulari; Director-General of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation, Biodun Ajiboye; and board member of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Nurudeen Adeyemi Balogun.
Others listed include top echelons in agencies such as the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, the National Health Insurance Scheme, the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria and the National Intelligence Agency.
Edun argued that the APC would campaign from a position of strength if both Mr Tinubu and Mr Mustapha emerge as the party’s candidates.
