APC Oyo Candidate Alli Names Campaign Director, Seeks Unity

Senator Sharafadeen Alli, the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Oyo State, has appointed a campaign director-general and launched a reconciliation drive as he consolidates his position for the 2027 election. On July 28, Alli announced the appointment of Yemi Aderibigbe, a former Akinyele Local Government chairman and former special adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde, as the director-general of his campaign council. The move is seen as an early strategic step to organize the party's statewide effort to reclaim power from the incumbent Peoples Democratic Party.

This follows Alli's recent victory in a primary election contested by 11 aspirants, including former Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu. In a series of media engagements at the Nigeria Union of Journalists secretariat in Ibadan on July 27, Alli detailed his efforts to reunite the party. He acknowledged that disagreements were inevitable after such a competitive primary and revealed that a reconciliation committee had been established. He stated he had personally met with aggrieved aspirants, including a member of a faction known as the G6, and expressed confidence that grievances would soon be resolved. He...