The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy Adegboyega Oyetola has dropped his governorship ambition ahead of the 2026 governorship election scheduled for
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy Adegboyega Oyetola has dropped his governorship ambition ahead of the 2026 governorship election scheduled for August 7th, 2026.
Oyetola, who served as Governor between 2018 and 2022 lost his re-election bid to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, and was later appointed as the minister.
There had been speculations that Oyetola may contest for a second term with the National Secretary of All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru; the Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji; Prince Dotun Babayemi, Senator Jide Omoworare, Chairman of Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, Kunle Adegoke, SAN, and US based professor of Mathematics, Rafiu Durodoye vying to fly the party’s ticket.
But Oyetola has declined to go in the ring. He believes that re capturing APC in Osun in 2026 is not negotiable and as such, has relinquished his gubernatorial ambition and wished those who plan to contest, well in the primary. He tasked the governorship aspirants to embrace peace and be their brother’s keepers by avoiding a campaign of calumny, bitterness and politics of acrimony. He vowed that no legitimate efforts would be spared to return the APC to power, noting that the APC is formidable, vibrant and potent to unseat the incumbent, Governor Ademola Adeleke.
