Gbolarumi wins PDP Guber ticket in Oyo and promises victory in 2027 poll

A former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Hazeem Gbolarumi, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State ahead of the 2027 general elections, following a landslide victory in the party’s primary elections held in the 33 local government areas of the state.

Gbolarumi polled a total of 3,615 votes to defeat his sole challenger, lawyer Beulah Adeoye, who secured 22 votes in the exercise conducted on Sunday and supervised by party officials and security agencies.

The Chairman of the PDP gubernatorial primary elections in the state, Tolulope Awoniyi, announced the result on Sunday evening at the collation center held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

According to Awoniyi, 3,694 party members were registered to exercise, while 3,640 were accredited to vote across the state.

He declared Gbolarumi the winner after confirming that the former deputy governor had obtained the vast majority of valid votes cast.

“Having fulfilled the requirements and obtained the highest number of votes, I declare Lawyer Hazeem Gbolarumi the winner of the elections,” Awoniyi said.

The exercise was monitored by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), led by the Head of Party and Election Monitoring Department in Oyo State, Engineer Olugbenga Keshinro, together with party stakeholders and security operatives.

Gbolarumi’s emergence signals the beginning of the first political realignments within the PDP in Oyo State as parties begin to position themselves for the 2027 general elections, with the former deputy governor expected to lead the party’s campaign in the coming months.

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