Aaro Meta urges Kwara South APC aggrieved members to support Danladi
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin
A political pressure group in Kwara South Senatorial District, Aaro Meta, has appealed to aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to set aside their differences and support the party’s governorship candidate, Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Salihu Yakubu Danladi, ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The group, through its Coordinator, Engr. Adebayo Daramola, made the appeal at a press conference held at the Correspondents’ Chapel on Friday. It urged party members across the three senatorial districts to embrace fairness, equity and unity in the interest of the APC’s electoral success.
Aaro Meta, which described itself as one of the political platforms that championed the OTOGE movement that ended the Peoples Democratic Party’s 16-year rule in Kwara State in 2019, said it was committed to securing victory for all APC candidates in the 2027 elections.
The group recalled that despite being a Kwara South-based organisation, it supported the emergence of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as the APC’s governorship candidate in 2019 because it believed an Ilorin-based candidate was better positioned to defeat the then ruling PDP government.
According to Daramola, the group had no preferred candidate at the time but prioritised the collective interest of the party. He said the same spirit of political accommodation should guide members of Kwara South following Danladi’s emergence as the APC governorship candidate for 2027.
Although the group said it would have preferred a candidate from Kwara South, it maintained that the principle of equity required members to support the outcome of the party’s primary election. It argued that Kwara South had governed the state for eight years since 1999, while Kwara Central would have completed 20 years in office by the time AbdulRazaq leaves office in May 2027.
Consequently, Aaro Meta appealed to aggrieved members, particularly those in the G-15, to reconcile with the party and work towards Danladi’s victory. It warned that internal divisions could give opposition parties an advantage, urging members not to abandon the APC simply because their preferred aspirants failed to secure the party’s ticket.
The group also cautioned against political lopsidedness, insisting that the location of the state capital should not be used to marginalise other senatorial districts. Beyond the political appeal, it commended President Bola Tinubu and Governor AbdulRazaq for efforts to tackle banditry and kidnapping in parts of Kwara South, particularly Ifelodun Local Government Area.
