Oyo 2027: I Have No Anointed Candidate, Oba Ladoja Declares

Leadership News | 15-09-2026 08:44pm |

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, has declared that he has no anointed gubernatorial candidate ahead of the 2027 election in Oyo State, contrary to insinuations. The former governor made the assertion while receiving the Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate, Barrister Hazeem Gbolarumi, at his palace. Gbolarumi, a former deputy governor of the state, was accompanied by PDP State chairman Professor Abdulrahman Akinoso, state secretary Dr Biola Olanipekun and other party chieftains. The candidate said he was at the palace to seek the traditional ruler's support and royal blessing ahead of the 2027 general elections.

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