ABEOKUTA – A socio-political group in Ogun, known as MATA YAYI, has called on Senator Adeola Yayi to contest for the gubernatorial seat in Ogun state in 2027, appealing to President Bola Tinubu, Governor Dapo Abiodun, and other political leaders to allow him replicate his exceptional performance in the senate at the state level.
The group noted that their agitation follows the Senator’s track record of urban and rural development across Ogun senatorial districts, despite being a Senator representing Ogun West.
The group, led by its convenor, Hon. Mathew Adeyinka Taiwo popularly known as MATAYAYI, disclosed that Yayi has good intentions for the people of Ogun state, and vowed to mobilise not less than 30,000 votes if Yayi is given the ticket, attributing it to boosting the APC’s standing and chance in Ogun state.
The call was made on Thursday in Ifo Local Government, where community leaders, relevant stakeholders, political leaders, and others joined forces to call upon Senator Yayi to run for the office of the governor.
The group, in a communique issued in Ifo and signed by Hon. Chief Mathew Adeyinka Taiwo, the Sobaloju of Agbado Kingdom, Ogun State, highlighted the need for Yayi to contest the Ogun State governorship in 2027.
Adeyinka posited that the justification for the endorsement is embedded in Yayi’s giant strides in achievements in infrastructure, politics of benefits, education empowerment programs, and others across the state.
He said, “The people of Ifo local government, the men, women, young people, traditional leaders, and stakeholders, do solemnly and publicly call on our dear Ogun State son, Sen. Adeola Olamilekan YAYI, to show interest in contesting the Ogun State Governorship in 2027.”
“Over the years, and through the statecraft of successive administrations in Ogun State, development and governance have been concentrated in the ethnic area of the particular governor. This governance behavior has undermined the integral development of Ogun State as a state of interdependent groups with a shared vision.
“However, since his foray into Ogun State politics, Sen. Adeola Olamilekan YAYI has demonstrated competence, capacity, and passion for inclusive governance, which is visibly and evidently seen across the entire senatorial districts in Ogun State, even though he is currently serving as senator of Ogun West, one of the three senatorial districts in Ogun State.”
“Our public call is not a mere call of rhetoric but a call with determination to deliver this mandate, hoping that he heeds our call. We have well over 30,000 registered voters with an addition of more than 10,000 newly registered, prepared, and ready to vote in the 2027 election. We have also set up a committee saddled with the commitment of identifying those who have never voted and converting them to willing voters,” he posited.
“We hereby, with all respect and honor, appeal to our dear president, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; the national leadership of our dear party; our indefatigable leader of APC in Ogun State; our governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; our political patriarch, Aremo Olusegun Osoba; all former governors of Ogun State in our dear party; and the entire government and political personalities and structure in our dear party, APC, to graciously back our public call for Sen. Adeola Olamilekan Yayi as Ogun State Governor in 2027.”
In the same development, he also called on President Bola Tinubu to enhance security architecture in the country to prevent saboteurs from dragging Nigerian democracy into the mud.
He posited that Tinubu’s efforts are yielding results in the economy of the country, which is not giving the saboteurs joy, yet they tend to destroy his reelection bid.
“We want to categorically appeal to our great leader, sage, and political father, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to consider a reelection bid in 2027. Since May 29, 2023, Nigeria has won a new and positive aspiration and a new agenda, and it is no doubt now set on a path of renewed prosperity,” he said.
“This has not come without its challenges, but our dear president, Bola Tinubu, working tirelessly to solve them, must be ready to sacrifice another four years for service to Nigeria.”
