APC national Chairman Yilwatda and other APC Governors and senators Leaves Osun Deflated As Adeleke Heads For Victory

The All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and other prominent leaders of the ruling party who travelled to Osun State to rally support for the party’s governorship candidate, Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji, have left the state disappointed as unofficial results pointed to victory for incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke.

A source in the APC delegation informed newsmen that Yilwatda and other party leaders departed Osun late Saturday after concluding that Oyebamiji had fallen short in the governorship election.

“Our team has left Osun tonight with the chairman and some other dignitaries. Others would leave in the morning tomorrow,” the source said.

Newsmen also gathered that disappointment within the party has prompted calls by some APC members for the chairman of the party’s national campaign council, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, and other members of the campaign leadership not to be assigned key roles in President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 campaign organisation.

According to the party source, the outcome of the Osun election has cast doubt on the effectiveness of the Uzodimma-led campaign structure.

Yilwatda had earlier declared the Osun governorship poll a “must-win” contest for the APC.