Former National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Iyiola Omisore, has warned that the party may lose in the August 2026 election if it does not field a strong candidate.
He gave the warning while speaking during consultations in Osogbo and Olorunda local government areas on Wednesday.
Omisore demanded that the party consider a candidate who had held an elective position to run for the 2026 gubernatorial race.
The APC chieftain also revealed that he was urged by some party stakeholders to contest the 2026 Osun governorship election.
He stated that stakeholders prevailed on him to shatter the incumbent’s ill-governance by joining the race.
Omisore said, “If we fail to give a viable aspirant the ticket, we will fail and lose. We must consider an aspirant who had held an elective position to run for 2026 guber race.
“We must not leave the party ticket in the free will of an individual to be the governor, it will be impossible. The governorship of a state must be a collective testimony across the board of stakeholders.”
He warned that, “Governorship seat should not be given based on friendship, you should not hire your friend for a job he can’t deliver. All of us who are contesting this race are all brothers.”
He called on party members to support him at the primary slated for December 13, 2025.
He said, “I want to charge all of us that on 13th of December 2025, we should troop out to show love to me by choosing me as the candidate of the party for the 2026 guber race.”
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