Rep leads Osun APC 31-man governorship campaign team

The All Progressives Congress in Osun State on Tuesday unveiled a 31-man campaign team for the August 15 governorship poll.

A five-term member of the House of Representatives representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Oluwole Oke, was subsequently announced as the Director-General of the campaign.

The party also announced former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Adebayo Adeleke, as the campaign Director-General for Osun Central Senatorial District, while former governorship aspirant, Dotun Babayemi, was chosen as the campaign Director-General for Osun West Senatorial District.

Thomas Ogungbangbe was announced as the campaign Director-General for Osun East Senatorial District, as campaign structures were also set up across the nine federal constituencies in the state.

For Osogbo Federal Constituency, former Deputy Speaker Akintunde Adegboye will serve as Chairman of the Campaign Committee, Abayomi Oyedeji as Co-Chairman, while former three-term state lawmaker Kamil Oyedele will serve as Secretary.

In Ifelodun Federal Constituency, former Osun State House of Assembly Speaker Wale Afolabi will serve as Chairman, Sule Aderemi as Co-Chairman, Moshood Oluawo as Director of Mobilisation, while Adeniran Ibitoye will serve as Secretary.

In Ila Federal Constituency, former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Adebisi Obawale will serve as Chairman, Richard Tinubu as Co-Chairman and Bode Olaonipekun as Secretary.

For Ede Federal Constituency, the Chairman of the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Adejare Bello, will serve as Chairman, former House of Representatives member Bade Falade as Co-Chairman, and John Ojo as Secretary.

In Irewole Federal Constituency, Olasunkanmi Akinola will serve as Chairman and Ismaila Alagbada as Co-Chairman.

For Ife Federal Constituency, Wale Ojo will serve as Chairman, Ipoola Binuyo as Co-Chairman, while Sooko Kemade will serve as Secretary.

For Ijesa-South Federal Constituency, APC State Treasurer Femi Kujembola will serve as Chairman, Wale Adedoyin as Co-Chairman and Tunde Faleye as Secretary.

For Ijesa-North Federal Constituency, former House of Representatives member Nathaniel Agunbiade will serve as Chairman, former Special Adviser on Public Health Siji Olamiju as Co-Chairman and Felix Aboge as Secretary.

The Iwo Federal Constituency campaign team will be led by APC State Secretary Kamorudeen Alao as Chairman, Mukaila Oladejo as Co-Chairman, while Ajibola Akinloye will serve as Secretary.

Speaking after he was unveiled as campaign Director-General, Oke said, “With my appointment as the Director General of the gubernatorial campaign of our party for the forthcoming 2026 governorship election, I want to say that from this moment, we have issued Governor Ademola Adeleke a quit-notice.

“It is an honour done to all members of our great party in Osun State and I want to assure you that what I am seeing before us is victory. You can take this home, what I am seeing before us is victory and from this moment on, Governor Ademola Adeleke should start packing his loads from Government House.

“Let me say this, when all of us were in PDP, we narrowly won with 28,000 votes in the 2022 governorship election. With all the conspiracies that I was party to. Now, you can imagine that all of us that were party to that success have now moved to the APC. It is very clear, there is nothing anyone can do. You cannot manufacture any magic.

“We are specialists at removing a sitting Governor. Take this to the bank: we are specialists, we have done this severally, we are good at removing a sitting Governor and I can tell you from this moment on: His Excellency, my own brother, Governor Ademola Adeleke should start packing his luggage out of the Government House.”

The APC governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, charged every member of the party to begin massive mobilisation and grassroots campaigns ahead of the August 15 poll.