The All Progressives Congress in Obafemi Owode Local Government has made its move early — and it made it cleanly.
At a high-level meeting of the party’s apex leadership on Sunday, May 10, 2026, presided over by Akeem Babatunde Adesina, party leaders unanimously ratified Adenike Abosede Ademokun-Osoba as their consensus candidate for the Obafemi Owode State Constituency seat in the Ogun State House of Assembly. No opposition. No drama. Just a room full of experienced party figures reading the moment and arriving at the same conclusion.
The meeting drew a notable lineup of stakeholders — Chief Wole Adesiji, Dr. Femi Akinbile, Hon. Olubode Bankole, Hon. Babajide Ladeinde, Alhaji Akinwande L. Olalekan, Muyiwa Opeyemi Ojebiyi, Alhaji Olayiwola Sobayo, Comrade Adeniyi Clement, Hon. Mustafa Fatai, Ambassador Ogunsola Adesina, and Rt. Hon. Tunji Egbetokun, among others. The weight of the names in the room said as much about the significance of the decision as the decision itself.
In a political environment where consensus arrangements frequently collapse under the pressure of competing ambitions, the absence of any dissenting voice at the meeting stands out. It suggests that Ademokun-Osoba’s candidacy is not simply being managed from the top — it carries genuine acceptance across the party’s leadership layers in the local government.
For the APC in Obafemi Owode, the early ratification is a strategic advantage. With the internal question settled, the party can shift its energy toward what actually wins elections — grassroots mobilisation, constituency engagement, and building the kind of ground-level momentum that consensus arrangements alone cannot manufacture.
The next electoral cycle in Ogun State is still some distance away. But in Obafemi Owode, the APC has already taken its first serious step toward it.
