2027 APC-PCC Southwest Coordinator; Senator Adeyeye Confident APC Will Retain South-West, Says ‘We Will Win Big’
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Former Senator representing Osun Central, Professor Olusola Adeyeye, has expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will retain significant support across the South-West in the 2027 presidential election, insisting that the party is working hard to secure victory in the region.
Adeyeye, who is the South-West Coordinator of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, spoke during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on Sunday.
He cautioned political parties against assuming that the 2027 election would be an easy contest, stressing that the APC would have to remain united and continue working across the region.
“I make bold to say that anyone from any party who thinks the next election will be easy for it is suffering self-delusion. We in the APC, we work very hard to win, and I want to assure you that we will win,” Adeyeye said.
“I also want to assure you. We will win big. I care that we win the South-West, and we’re going to shock everybody,” he added.
Adeyeye said he did not see any political party in the present configuration of the country defeating the APC in the South-West if the ruling party remained united.
He also argued that even a hypothetical loss of the South-West would not automatically determine the outcome of a presidential election, citing former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s experience in the 1999 election.
“In the worst scenario, let us say that Bola Tinubu lost the South-West; I guarantee you he will not. But if he does, have we forgotten that another Yoruba man lost the South-West and became the President?” Adeyeye said.
“Did former President Olusegun Obasanjo not lose his ward, lose his polling booth, lose his state, lose his zone, lose every state in the South-West and yet become President?” he added.
The former senator also expressed confidence in the APC’s prospects in Osun State ahead of the 2027 election.
Responding to questions about former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his association with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Adeyeye questioned the party’s performance in the August 15, 2026 governorship election and Aregbesola’s performance in Osun Central.
“How did the ADC perform, even in Ilesa? How did Aregbesola perform in Osun Central, where I come from?” he asked.
Adeyeye, however, acknowledged Aregbesola’s personal political standing.
“The truth is he’s still a magnificent person, much loved. If he were a candidate, believe you me, anybody would be hard-pressed to beat him in Osun, but where he’s not the candidate, even he must not deceive himself that he can automatically take the affection for him to another person,” he said.
Adeyeye’s comments come ahead of the January 16, 2027 presidential election, with the APC and opposition parties positioning themselves across the South-West and other regions.
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