June 19, 2026
His Excellency,
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Aso Villa
Abuja
A JOINT LETTER OF APC GOVERNORSHIP ASPIRANTS IN KWARA STATE ON THE FUTURE OF OUR PARTY IN KWARA STATE
We, the undersigned governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, write to convey our warm felicitations to Your Excellency on the occasion of the third anniversary of your administration.
As committed members of our great party, we remain steadfast in our support for your leadership and resolute in our loyalty to your administration.
We reaffirm our total allegiance to Your Excellency and our unreserved support for your re-election in 2027. We are convinced that the Renewed Hope Agenda remains the surest path to unlocking Nigeria’s vast potential, and we stand prepared to contribute meaningfully to its full realization.
While we join in celebrating the milestones of your administration, we consider it imperative to draw your urgent attention to the grave and worsening situation within our party in Kwara State.
We do so with profound respect, but also with a deep sense of responsibility and concern for the future of the APC and the political legacy your leadership helped to shape in our state.
Your Excellency will recall the historic Otoge movement, which culminated in the landmark victory of the APC in 2019.
That victory was not the product of any single individual, but of a broad coalition of stakeholders, political tendencies, community leaders, party loyalists, and progressive forces united by a shared resolve to end political domination and restore democratic inclusion in Kwara State.
We remain deeply appreciative of the role you played in supporting and guiding that struggle.
Regrettably, the gains of that collective sacrifice have not been consolidated in a manner that reflects the magnitude of the effort and expectations of our people.
The individual who emerged as the principal beneficiary of that historic victory, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has, in our considered view, failed to provide the inclusive, broad-based, and unifying leadership required to sustain the coalition that brought our party to power.
Over the past seven years, key stakeholders who devoted their resources, energy, and political capital to the building of the APC in Kwara State have been alienated, marginalized, or deliberately excluded from meaningful participation in both government and party affairs.
The result has been a steady weakening of the APC’s political strength in the state and a troubling resurgence of opposition elements. The support base of our party has been significantly diminished.
In our firm assessment, Governor AbdulRazaq has lost the moral and political authority to determine the future of the APC in Kwara State.
His popularity has declined markedly, and there is widespread apprehension among party members and stakeholders that any candidate associated with his endorsement may be seriously disadvantaged at the polls.
In order to avert further damage and forestall a deeper crisis, we respectfully urge Your Excellency to consider the following:
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That Your Excellency take a sober and critical look at the developments in Kwara State, including the circumstances surrounding the announcement of results for primaries that did not hold, and intervene in the interest of the party’s survival.
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That Your Excellency carefully review the records, capacities, loyalty, and statewide acceptability of the aspirants. with a view to making a decisive and unifying choice among the governorship aspirants.
We are confident that among us is a leader capable of providing fresh direction, restoring internal unity, rebuilding stakeholder confidence, strengthening the APC’s support base, and working closely with Your Excellency as a reliable partner at the subnational level.
Should Your Excellency adopt such a course, we give our solemn assurance that we will rally behind any consensus candidate acceptable to Your Excellency and the party.
We further pledge to commit our collective structures, resources, and political capital toward securing victory for all APC candidates in the 2027 elections.
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That urgent and deliberate steps be taken in respect of other elective positions, including the National and State Assemblies, to ensure that candidates produced reflect the broad political realities and tendencies within the state.
Your Excellency, we must state without ambiguity that if the present trajectory is allowed to continue, the electoral prospects of the APC in Kwara State in all elections (including the presidential election)will be severely imperilled.
Indeed, many stakeholders may be left with no choice but to seek alternative political platforms to pursue their aspirations in 2027.
We therefore earnestly appeal for your timely and decisive intervention to prevent the collapse of our party’s structure in Kwara State and to safeguard victory for the APC in the forthcoming elections.
We trust in your commitment to justice, fairness, and the preservation of democratic values within our great party and look forward to your urgent intervention.
God bless Your Excellency.
God bless the All Progressives Congress.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Thank you for your anticipated consideration and action.
APC, Progress!
Signed
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Dr. Oluwatoyin Tajudeen Alabi …………………………………………………………….
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Captain Ahmad Mahmud ………………………………………………………………….
3.
Alhaji Tajudeen Audu ………………………………………………………………………….
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Dr. Azeez Salako Muideen Olaniyi …………………………………………………………
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Amb. Yahaya Seriki Gambari ………………………………………………………………..
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Senator Saliu Mustapha…………………………………………………………………………
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Dr. Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa ………………………………………………………………..
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Hon. Omar Muhammed Bio …………………………………………………………………..
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Barr. Dele Belgore (SAN) ………………………………………………………………………
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Senator Dr. Yahaya Ibrahim Oloriegbe …………………….
