By Jude Opara
A former National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Iyiola Omisore, has expressed the optimism that he would clinch the ticket of the party 2026 Osun State governorship election.
Peoples Daily reports that the state will go to the polls by August 8, 2026, to elect a governor, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), in the timetable it recently released, fixed the conduct of the parties’ governorship primaries for between November 24 and December 15, 2025.
Omisore, while declaring his intention to vie for the APC ticket ahead of the primary in Osogbo yesterday, said more than 90 per cent of the members would back his ambition.
According to the former lawmaker, who represented Osun East in the Senate between 2003 and 2011, he expected mass public support for APC in the 2026 governorship poll.
“Going forward, I am expecting Osun State people to vote for APC en masse come August 8, 2026.
“This is to show the preparedness of the core APC members in the state, to show how ready we are to ensure that I become the party candidate by God’s grace in December, and to further strengthen the belief of the people in the coming APC government in Osun State.
“APC’s chance in 2026 is 100 per cent. These are volunteers from the nook and cranny of the state, this is just within the party and not the public, this is an internal politics, preparing us for the forthcoming primaries in December,” he said.
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