Baba-Ahmed Predicts Osun Will Reject APC in 2027

Baba-Ahmed Predicts Osun Will Reject APC in 2027
He said Adeleke’s victory was not linked to Tinubu’s endorsement.
Baba-Ahmed also criticised Tinubu’s intervention in the EFCC dispute.

Former political adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has predicted that voters in Osun State will reject the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 presidential election.

Baba-Ahmed made the statement on X while reacting to Governor Ademola Adeleke’s victory in Saturday’s governorship election.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Adeleke won the election with 511,067 votes, defeating the APC candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who polled 444,815 votes.

Najeem Salaam of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) finished third with 17,180 votes.

Before the governorship election, Adeleke and his Accord Party had endorsed Tinubu as their presidential candidate for the 2027 election.

However, Baba-Ahmed rejected claims that the APC’s defeat in Osun was linked to Adeleke’s support for Tinubu.

He said he believed the Accord Party won the governorship election fairly and that the APC could be defeated in a free and fair election.

Baba-Ahmed wrote: “I am not one of those supporting the conspiracy theory that the APC’s defeat in the Osun governorship election is a trade-off for the governor’s support for Tinubu in 2027.

“I prefer to believe Accord Party won fairly. I believe the APC can be defeated in fair elections. Osun State will reject it in 2027

“The clumsy intervention by PBAT on EFCC/Osun State frozen funds just made everything worse. PBAT, even as a maximum president, has no power to stop EFCC’s operations.

“EFCC itself has damaged itself badly. It will be difficult not to see a good cop-bad cop game here.”

Baba-Ahmed’s comments come as political parties and their candidates begin positioning themselves ahead of the 2027 general election.

Adeleke’s victory has also added to the political debate over the strength of the APC in Osun and the likely voting pattern in the state during the presidential election.

While Adeleke previously endorsed Tinubu for 2027, Baba-Ahmed argued that the APC’s performance in the governorship election demonstrated that the party could still be defeated at the polls.

Baba-Ahmed Predicts Osun Will Reject APC in 2027

He also criticised Tinubu’s intervention in the dispute involving the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and frozen Osun State funds, arguing that the development had worsened the situation.