The G6 group of governorship aspirants in the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected Senator Sharafadeen Alli’s claim that he is the party’s governorship candidate for the 2027 election, insisting that the APC is yet to produce a standard bearer.
The group also dismissed Alli’s assertion that aggrieved aspirants had embraced reconciliation and agreed to support his candidacy, describing the claim as premature.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the aspirants maintained that the party must adopt a credible consensus process capable of producing a candidate acceptable to the majority of members.
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The G6 said it remained committed to the success of the APC in the 2027 general election but stressed that the current process should be reviewed.
“As loyal party members, we remain committed to the victory of the APC and are ready to work with whoever President Bola Ahmed Tinubu picks as the consensus candidate,” the group said.
“We are good party men and we will be pleased to work for the victory of the party with anyone that Asiwaju Tinubu picks as the consensus candidate.”
The aspirants insisted that Senator Alli’s claim to the party’s governorship ticket was unfounded.
“Oyo State APC is yet to have a governorship candidate, and Senator Sharafadeen Alli, who has been parading himself as the candidate of our great party, is living in delusion,” the statement added.
The group reiterated its demand for a credible consensus arrangement to be supervised by President Tinubu, rather than what it described as attempts by an aspirant to impose himself on the party through propaganda.
“While G6 is committed to the success of our party in the 2027 general elections, we insist that the process must be reviewed to produce a consensus candidate that most party members will accept and support, not an aspirant who is using propaganda in his bid to impose himself as the party’s candidate,” the statement read.
The aspirants maintained that the APC in Oyo State remains “one indivisible family with a strong electoral profile,” stressing that their position on the governorship race has not changed.
Their reaction followed comments by Senator Alli, who, during the “A Day With BSA” interactive session organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, claimed that the party was making progress in reconciling aggrieved members.
Alli had disclosed that one of the G6 members visited him on Monday to assure him of the group’s willingness to cooperate with the reconciliation process.
He also revealed that he recently met with another governorship aspirant in Abuja to discuss strategies for strengthening the party ahead of the 2027 election.
“On my part, I have also been going round to reconcile with members, both the governorship aspirants and the senatorial aspirants. I can tell you this party is going to resolve all that you think is crisis,” Alli had said.