A former Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, Wale Adedayo, has predicted a major upset for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 governorship election.
He insisted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ladi Adebutu, will defeat the APC candidate, Senator Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi.
—“APC is gone in Ogun State”—
Adedayo, who served as council chairman under Governor Dapo Abiodun, made the assertion on Monday while appearing on _Channels Television’s Politics Today_.
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He claimed the APC had lost its grip on the electorate across the state and would be defeated at the polls.
“APC is gone in Ogun State,” Adedayo declared, arguing that political developments were pointing towards “seismic changes” in favour of the PDP.
According to him, the opposition party has gained significant ground across Ogun’s 20 local government areas, while some political stakeholders, including members of the ruling party, were allegedly moving towards the PDP.
He described Adebutu as the candidate to beat, maintaining that the 2027 election would produce an outcome that many political observers might not anticipate.
“We are not going to have any battle in Ogun State. We are talking about seismic changes, in terms of the fact that we are going to have an earthquake where people will move in the direction a lot of people may not expect.”
—Presidential vs State Elections—-
Adedayo further predicted that while President Bola Tinubu could retain support in the state during the presidential contest, the PDP would dominate the governorship, National Assembly, and State House of Assembly elections.
He said political calculations in the state had changed significantly since the last election, claiming that the APC was losing support even in its traditional strongholds.
—Indigene, Zoning and Candidate Scrutiny—
The former council chairman also questioned Adeola’s claim to Ogun State indigene status, alleging that the APC governorship candidate had no ancestral roots in the state.
He argued that candidates seeking political offices should be able to establish their ancestry and warned against what he described as false claims of indigene status.
On zoning, Adedayo said the Ijebu had supported candidates from the Yewa axis in previous elections and maintained that the political equation had now changed.
“We don’t have any problem with zoning. And that is why I said that in 2011, 2015 and on the line like that, we gave them our support,” he stated.
He urged voters to scrutinise the backgrounds and records of candidates before casting their ballots, stressing that an informed electorate was essential to democracy.
—“No Violence, Just Ballot Box”—
Adedayo dismissed suggestions that the 2027 contest would be a violent political battle, saying the anticipated change would be achieved through the ballot box.
He further claimed that the PDP had made substantial gains across the state and insisted that the political landscape was now different from what obtained during the previous governorship election.
Citing 2023 results, he recalled that Abiodun was defeated in his polling unit, ward, local government, and senatorial district, describing it as an indication of the changing political fortunes in Ogun State.
With the 2027 governorship contest expected to be closely fought, Adedayo maintained that the PDP was positioned to wrest power from the APC and install Adebutu as the next governor of Ogun State.
