The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has released the names of its candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The list contains the party’s governorship candidate, senatorial candidates, House of Representatives candidates and candidates for the State House of Assembly.

The list obtained by DAILY POST on Thursday shows Barrister Sharafadeen Alli as the governorship candidate, while the trio of Senator Yunus Akintunde, Hon. Aderemi Oseni and Mrs Hannah Ogunesan were named as the candidates for Oyo Central, Oyo South and Oyo North Senatorial Districts, respectively.

The list also contains the names of the 14 candidates for the 14 federal constituencies in the state.

It also contains the names of the 32 candidates for the 32 House of Assembly seats in the state.

Here is the list…

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kenneth Okonkwo, says former Anambra state governor, Peter Obi, is inconsequential with whatever he does with his life.

Okonkwo made this statement on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

When asked his ultimate goal on Peter Obi, the Nollywood veteran-turned politician said he wants to talk about contenders in 2027 and not pretenders.

“I have just been appointed the spokesperson of Atiku Abubakar, so Obi is inconsequential in whatever he is doing in his life. May we proceed to talk about more important issues?

“I want to talk about contenders in 2027, I don’t want to talk about pretenders. Can you bring down somebody who is already down?

DAILY POST recalls that Atiku, the ADC’s presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections on Thursday appointed Okonkwo as his spokesman.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s media aide, Paul Ibe, has criticised former senator Shehu Sani over his reaction to the Federal High Court judgment affirming the leadership of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

Ibe argued that some members of the judiciary helped sustain President Bola Tinubu’s mandate.

Ibe made the remarks on Thursday in a post on X while responding to Shehu Sani’s comment following the court’s ruling in favour of former Senate President David Mark-led ADC leadership.

Reacting to the judgment, Shehu Sani wrote: “Now that the High Court has ruled in favour of Mark and against Nafiu, the Judiciary will now be called the ‘last hope of the common man’; It also means that there is no plot to impose a ‘one party state’.”

Responding, Ibe rejected Sani’s position, alleging that some judges had played a role in upholding Tinubu’s electoral victory.

“Hell no, @ShehuSani! Are you talking about the same judiciary, specifically the bench that some of its ignoble members have been standing on Tinubu’s mandate? Some of our politicians should infact be sent on attachment or refresher courses in the art of politicking to some of the judges. #Lifusprudence,” Ibe wrote.

DAILY POST reports that the exchange followed Thursday’s judgment by the Federal High Court in Abuja, which affirmed the leadership of the ADC headed by former Senate President David Mark.

Justice Musa Liman dismissed a suit filed by House of Representatives member Leke Abejide challenging the party’s leadership structure, holding that the case lacked merit and was not justiciable because it concerned the internal affairs of a political party.

The court also upheld the preliminary objections filed by the ADC, its former National Chairman Ralph Nwosu, incumbent National Chairman David Mark, and National Secretary Rauf Aregbesola, ruling that Abejide failed to establish that any of his legal rights had been violated by the emergence of the current leadership.