2027: Kwara APC members gather to pray for peace ahead of elections
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin
Special inter-religious prayer sessions were held by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osi, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara state for peace during the forthcoming 2027 general elections.
The chief Imam of Osi, who doubles as the chairman, League of Imams and Ulamas for the Ekiti Local Government Area, Alhaji Saadudeen Ajisefinni, and the chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for the Ekiti Local Government Area, Pastor Kenneth Adegoke, led the prayers in succession.
The event, organized by APC stakeholders and elders in the Ekiti Local Government Area of the state, also had both Christian and Muslim clerics praying for an end to the prevalent security challenges facing Kwara State.
Participants prayed against banditry and other forms of criminalities in the area, calling on God to enable political office holders provide good governance as they prepare to take up different political positions.
The special prayer programme, which was attended by eight past local government chairmen of the area, APC stakeholders, elders and supporters, was also used by the people to endorse the governorship aspirations of Hon. Bolarinwa and the second term ambition of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Speaking with journalists, the aspirant seeking to represent Ekiti/Oke Ero/Isin/Irepodun federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Chief Omogbenle Adeyemi, commended the Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq-led administration for impactful development activities.
He further disclosed that Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq would assist the party produce Hon. Bolarinwa as governor come 2027, adding that Bolarinwa is the preferred choice of the party for 2027 governorship elections.
Also speaking, Hon. Yinka Dallas, a former council chairman, noted that prayers are essential to enthrone good governance in the state, hence the reason why they gathered to pray for the state and country ahead of the forthcoming elections.
