2027: I’m Confident of Getting APC Ogun Governorship Ticket, Says Iyabo Obasanjo

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

Daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo Obasanjo, has expressed confidence that she would get the Ogun State governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election.

The former Senator, who recently joined APC stated this yesterday in Abuja when she visited the national headquarters of the ruling party.

She said though she has not participated in active politics for a lot of years now, the reason why she decided to throw her hat in the ring was because the people of Ogun State really asked her to return.

Iyabo Obasanjo stated: “I’m sure not only will we succeed in getting the nomination, we’ll also succeed in governing Ogun State in a way that will make APC even greater in that state and in the nation.

“We’re mobilising. If you know my efforts when I was Commissioner for Health, we did a lot of good things, and the goodwill from my time in the Senate and as Commissioner is what is making it so easy to mobilise for APC and to mobilize for my candidacy for the gubernatorial ticket.”

Iyabo Obasanjo noted that while her father was not part of her political movement, she said she was sure her father would vote for her during the election.

“As you know, we’ve never had an elected female governor in Nigeria. At this current time, the APC is doing some fundamental things that are going to help women in politics.

“There’s the (Reserved Seats) bill, fully supported by the APC, in which there will be reserved seats for women in the National Assembly,” she noted.

She said while reserved seats in parliament were very popular in East Africa, it was not so  in West Africa, saying the fact that Rwanda has the highest percentage of women in politics was due to reserved seats.

Iyabo Obasanjo pointed out that the Reserved Seats Bill for women gave her the confidence that the ruling party would produce the first female elected governor in Nigeria.