Oyo State Governor and presidential candidate of the Allied People’s Movement, APM, Seyi Makinde, has held strategic talks with the party’s South-West governorship candidates.

The APM governorship candidate in Lagos State, Prince Laja Adeoye, made this known in a statement on Monday.

Adeoye said the meeting focused on strengthening the party’s structures and coordinating grassroots mobilisation ahead of the 2027 general elections.

He said the meeting was attended by Bimbo Adekanmbi, the APM governorship candidate in Oyo, Prince Laja Adeoye of Lagos and Rotimi Babajide of Ogun.

He added that the APM governorship candidate from Osun State also participated in the strategic meeting.

According to him, discussions centred on intensifying preparations and consolidating the party’s presence across the South-West geopolitical zone.

Adeoye said the party was particularly focused on Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo States as strategic areas for building electoral strength.

He said the objective was to transform the states into “reliable strongholds” for the APM ahead of the 2027 elections.

The Lagos candidate said the party also planned to expand its influence beyond the South-West as part of its broader national mobilisation strategy.

Makinde emerged as the APM presidential candidate after securing the party’s ticket at its presidential primary held in Ibadan.

In his acceptance speech, Makinde emphasised the need to ‘restore hope and rebuild public confidence’ in the country.

He also pledged to pursue practical reforms in key sectors, including oil and gas, agriculture and the broader economy.

Osun women on Monday stormed the streets of Osogbu, protesting against alleged police intimidation, political violence and killings ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

The women, bearing placards with various inscriptions, sang solidarity songs at the top of their voices.

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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed reports suggesting that he is seeking the position of Director-General of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Wike, while rejecting the claim, reaffirmed his commitment to President Bola Tinubu’s bid for a second term, stressing that holding a position in the campaign council was not necessary for him to contribute to the President’s electoral success.

The reports had named the FCT minister among senior APC figures and government officials allegedly interested in the campaign council’s top position or being considered for the role.

Wike, however, described the reports as untrue.

In a statement issued on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, the minister said he had neither lobbied for the position nor held discussions with anyone regarding membership or leadership of the proposed campaign council.

Explaining his current activities, Wike said he was outside the country taking a break after an extensive period of official engagements in the FCT.

“I am outside Nigeria, resting and relaxing after spending over 30 days, commissioning projects, flagging off new ones and inspecting ongoing ones, especially those scheduled for commissioning in December and January, next year.

“When I return, our focus will be the continuous delivery of our mandate in line with the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda and to further enhance his electoral fortune in Rivers State and the FCT.

“Therefore, I do not need to be the DG or even member of the Presidential Campaign Council of Mr President’s political party to contribute my quota by ensuring that he wins handsomely in Rivers State and the FCT,” the statement read.