‘Only a third force can liberate Kwara’ – ADC chieftain, Akogun Oyedepo

Only a third force can liberate Kwara State in the 2027 general elections, says Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress.

Oyedepo was a leading member of the ‘Otoge Revolutionaries’ who swept the Peoples Democratic Party government out of power in 2019 and installed the ruling All Progressives Congress in Kwara State,

In an exclusive interview with DAILY POST in Ilorin on Tuesday, he said with the deep acrimony and visible division in the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state, the hope of the party remains very slim, because the majority of the members could for other political parties.

Oyedepo, who was one of the vocal members of the revolution alleged that Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq betrayed the trust invested in him, saying,  ‘but I have no regret personally, though this is not what we worked for’.

“We used the revolution to liberate the people of the state but the APC national leadership imposed Governor Abdulrazaq on Kwara APC.

“I went to about 30 leaders of the party in 2024 in the state to warn that Governor Abdulrazaq would ruin all of us unless we check him, but they did not listen to me and what I predicted in 2024 is coming to reality.

“The governor has given his consent to those he prefers and it could be the end of APC in Kwara,” he declared.

Oyedepo said, “though I am in African Democratic Congress, as the Senatorial candidate for Kwara South Senatorial District, the crisis may be an opportunity for the Peoples Democratic Party and it may not be, if APC is rejected.

The former state commissioner, however, argued that “sensible people in the APC should not embrace PDP because they are almost the same since dynastic governance is common to the two parties.”

He advised the electorate to look for a party that has no godfather and is not dynastic if Kwara must be liberated and allowed to grow and develop as a second generation state.