Kwara APC Leaders Back Danladi Salihu for 2027 Governorship as Elders, stakeholders say primaries followed due process

Elders, stakeholders, ward chairmen and councillors of the Kwara State All Progressives Congress have endorsed Yakubu Danladi Salihu as the party’s 2027 governorship candidate.

Speaking to reporters in Ilorin as captured by the Nation Newspaper, Moro Alaka Elders Chairman and party leader Alhaji AbdulRaheem Ajibade said the APC’s primaries for various positions in the state were conducted in line with guidelines set by the party’s national leadership.

“After extensive consultations with stakeholders, community leaders, youth groups, women organisations, and party faithful, we hereby endorse Salihu Yakubu Danladi as a worthy successor capable of consolidating on the achievements of the current administration and sustaining the progressive agenda of our great party,” Ajibade said.

He added that Danladi’s emergence reflected the people’s choice, noting that no formal complaint was filed by any co-aspirant after the Abuja delegation led by Senator Musiliu Obanikoro announced the results.

“We therefore advise members of the public to disregard misleading information capable of creating division within the party and undermining the collective efforts of progressives across the state,” Ajibade said.

Moshood Alaka, convener of the group, also declared support for President Bola Tinubu and Salihu’s governorship bid. He described the APC as the platform to deliver dividends of democracy to Nigerians and Kwarans.