Ex-lawmaker joins Osun APC governorship race

A former lawmaker representing Ifelodun State Constituency within the Osun State Home of Meeting, Mulikat Abiola, has joined the race for the All Progressives Congress governorship ticket forward of the August 8, 2026, election.

The APC has fastened its governorship major for December 13, and no fewer than seven aspirants have to date obtained the celebration’s nomination kinds.

Already within the race are political heavyweights, together with former APC Nationwide Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore; former Deputy Governor, Mr Benedict Alabi; speedy previous Managing Director of the Nationwide Inland Waterways Authority, Mr Bola Oyebamiji; and Lagos-based engineer, Dideolu Falobi, amongst others.

Abiola, who served within the Osun Meeting from 2018 to 2023, is, nevertheless, the one feminine aspirant to have bought the nomination type.

In a personally signed assertion obtained in Osogbo on Thursday, Abiola instructed journalists shortly after acquiring the shape that her determination to hitch the race was pushed by the gross marginalisation of girls within the political house.

Decrying the low participation of girls in management positions, she stated the time had come to boost political consciousness amongst ladies and push for larger illustration.

She stated, “I simply obtained the APC governorship nomination type on the celebration’s nationwide secretariat to reveal my readiness to contest the forthcoming gubernatorial election.

“Osun is our widespread patrimony, not the entitlement of a bit of individuals. That is the time to have a feminine governor on the helm of affairs of our expensive state. Sufficient is sufficient! That is the time for ladies to take their rightful place.

“My determination is to boost the consciousness of our folks, notably the womenfolk, about the necessity to lead the state. I’m ready to revive the misplaced glory of our folks within the political house. It’s not information that ladies have been marginalised and handled as second fiddle.”

Abiola added that she was unperturbed by the “antics and rhetoric” of different aspirants who bought kinds earlier, insisting she was assured of victory.

“All I do know is that I’m assured. I’ll win the celebration’s major and the governorship election come August 2026,” she acknowledged.