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Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has declared that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and ex-Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi have failed Nigeria in the past.
Okpebholodisclosed this during an interview with Channels Television’s one-on-one Politics Today on Thursday.
He noted that despite the opposition, President Bola Tinubu would win his second term in 2027.
According to Okpebholo: “Tinubu has made a great landmark in this country and this election is as good as won because we have every instrument to win this election, his works, his policies are speaking for him.
“Evil people are the ones causing this insecurity, the more the president is trying to stop them the more they are sponsoring them to come out.
“The opposition are using them to make people believe that this president is not doing well.
“Tinubu must win, who is going to be better than Tinubu on the ballot? Atiku, Peter Obi, Amaechi have all failed this country in the past.
“Atiku was not president but as vice president he was handling privatization.”
The Director General of the All Progressives Congress campaign organisation, Oluwole Oke, has said the party’s governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, will defeat the incumbent governor, Ademola Adeleke, before 10:00pm on election day.
Oke made the assertion on Wednesday during the inauguration of more than 800 members of the party’s campaign council for the 2026 governorship election in Osun State.
He criticised the management of state resources under the current administration, stating that Oyebamiji was prepared to “rescue Osun from the drift of collapse being plunged into by the current administration.”
According to him, the campaign council was resolute in its objective to unseat Adeleke, declaring that “removing Adeleke is non-negotiable, as his days in office are numbered.”
The party had earlier announced members of the campaign council, with Oke appointed as Director General, alongside other coordinators across the senatorial districts.
Speaking at the inauguration, Oke said the council had commenced mobilisation and grassroots campaigns following its announcement.
He alleged that the present administration had failed across multiple sectors, including education, health, agriculture, and mining, adding that public institutions were no longer functioning as expected.
“The incumbent is gone. His days in office are numbered. The truth remains that the government has failed the people of Osun State on all fronts,” Oke said.
He added, “It is unfortunate that their sing-song is paying salary, forgetting that workers deserve pay. It is not an achievement that someone is paying salary.”
Oke stated that the party was committed to addressing socio-economic challenges, including poverty, unemployment, and governance, promising programmes aimed at improving welfare and restoring what he described as the state’s “lost glory.”
“I have always said this: we are experts in removing a sitting governor. We will remove Adeleke before 10:00pm on 15th August 2026. Bola Oyebamiji will win and be declared the validly elected governor of Osun,” he said.
The campaign council comprises several committees, including Peace and Resolution, Contact and Mobilisation, Women Mobilisation, Media and Publicity, Youth and Civil Society, Social Engagement, Research and Strategy, Legal, Medical, Diaspora, Multiface Interface, Entertainment, and Non-indigene committees, each led by designated chairpersons and secretaries.
Former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani, has picked up the All Progressives Congress, APC, Expression of Interest and Nomination forms in a bid to return to the upper legislative chamber in 2027.
Sani picked up the form in Kaduna State on Tuesday ahead of the party’s primary elections.
The 58-year-old politician represented Kaduna Central in the Senate after winning the election in 2015.
