Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in three local government areas of Isin, Ilorin West and Ilorin East of Kwara state have unanimously thrown their weight behind the aspiration of former state chairman of the party, Hon. Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa.
They said that Bolarinwa who hails from Kwara South senatorial district paraded the most qualified governorship aspirants among over 15 aspirants in the race.
In their separate meetings in Oke Onigbin, Mandate and Zango areas of Ilorin, the APC members endorsed Hon. Bolarinwa, as the most competent governorship aspirant capable of continuing impactful development of the incumbent governor of the state, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.
The APC members, under the aegis of the Isin Progressive Likeminds, and led by Kayode Olaoye, said their support for the gubernatorial aspiration of Hon. Bolarinwa, followed consultations, grassroots’ engagement and appraisal of the socio-cultural and economic landscape of Kwara state.
“We are firmly persuaded that
the exigencies of this period demand visionary, inclusive, and transformative leadership. Leadership that transcends sectional considerations and engenders cohesion, equity and enduring development across the state.
The people, drawn from across the 11 wards of the local government later resolved at the meeting to mobilize grassroots support across the 11 wards, engage stakeholders, traditional institutions, community leaders and opinion moulders in advancing the governorship agenda.
Also speaking, the convener of the Ilorin West stakeholders meeting that brought together party elders, executives, women, youth groups and key political actors across the 12 wards in the council, Hon. Ayo Obisesan, and an APC leader in the area, Professor Yahya Duro Uthman Hambali, said that the caucus had resolved to back a candidate it considers capable of driving the state’s future.
