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2027: Kwara ex-SDP candidate Lawal backs APC

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  • Former Kwara State Social Democratic Party governorship candidate Hakeem Lawal has declared his support for the All Progressives Congress and its candidates ahead of the 2027 elections.
  • Lawal urged former APC members to return and dismissed reports of disagreements within the party as propaganda and social media speculation.
  • He called for unity among APC stakeholders as Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s administration approaches the end of its tenure.

Hakeem Lawal, who challenged for the Kwara governorship on the Social Democratic Party platform in 2023, has publicly settled questions about where he stands ahead of the next election. He says he belongs to the All Progressives Congress.

Lawal made the declaration in Ilorin while backing Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and the APC’s governorship candidate, Yakubu Salihu-Danladi. He returned to the APC months ago but said he had deliberately kept quiet about his political position while people questioned his allegiance.

I’ve been silent all the while and people have been asking where I belong, but I belong to the APC. For the opposition, let them remain in opposition for 40 years; for us, we will keep winning.

— Hakeem LawalLawal declared his loyalty to the APC ahead of the 2027 elections.

“I’ve been silent all the while and people have been asking where I belong, but I belong to the APC. For the opposition, let them remain in opposition for 40 years; for us, we will keep winning,” Lawal said.

He also appealed to aggrieved APC members who left the party to come back, arguing that political opportunities would be available in time. “Some people have tasted both, and they can see the difference. Let all of us come back to the party and work for victory. It is by turn, we will all benefit,” he said.

Some people have tasted both, and they can see the difference. Let all of us come back to the party and work for victory. It is by turn, we will all benefit.

— Hakeem LawalHe urged aggrieved former APC members to return to the party.

Lawal described the gathering as an effort to bring old and new members together, preserve the party’s legacy and establish a common direction before 2027. He recalled that the APC governed Kwara until 2003, spent 16 years in opposition and returned to power in 2019.

He rejected reports of a dispute between Salihu-Danladi and running mate Kayode Alabi, calling them propaganda and social media talk. He also described the G15 group as part of the APC family and said internal differences would be resolved through dialogue. “G15, they are our brothers. They are part of us. We are all together; we are in this struggle together,” Lawal said.

G15, they are our brothers. They are part of us. We are all together; we are in this struggle together.

— Hakeem LawalLawal addressed reported disagreements involving the G15 group.
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