Oyo APC crisis: Folarin backs Alli and calls for unity ahead of 2027

Teslim Folarin, former Senate Leader and the APC’s 2023 Oyo governorship candidate, endorsed Sharafadeen Alli and the party’s other candidates for the 2027 elections. He urged dissatisfied members to set aside their differences while acknowledging their frustration and calling on party leaders to hear and accommodate them. Folarin said reconciliation efforts led in part by Professor Taoheed Adedoja and Senator Femi Lanlehin had achieved only about 20% of their target. He also said he had met Adebayo Adelabu, Abdulfatai Buhari and Rauf Olaniyan in Ibadan, and called for greater recognition of members who had helped the party.