Gov AbdulRazaq endorses Yahaya Seriki as preferred successor
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
Ahead of the Thursday governorship primary by the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has finally endorsed Ambassador Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki (MFR) as his preferred successor.
The decision, according to the Governor in a statement personally issued by him on Tuesday, followed “extensive consultations with party structures and leadership”.
He added: “Young, pro-people, astute, and broad-minded, Amb. Yahaya Seriki has been a great political mobiliser with profound investments in and extensive goodwill among the people of Kwara State. I have no doubt about his capacity and that his choice is appropriate for the people of our State at this time.
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While this does not in any way preclude all other aspirants from contesting in the primaries, I urge members and leaders to affirm the choice of Seriki as our candidate for cohesion, unity, and continuous success of the party as we hold our gubernatorial primaries on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
“The choice of Amb. Yahaya Seriki is neither a disapproval of any of our eminently qualified aspirants nor a whimsical attempt to delegittimise the noble aspirations of our people. But in a race involving some 16 great minds for one office, only one person can take the shot at a time.
“Finally, I acknowledge and commend the statesmanship of our aspirants, all of whom have shown discipline and impressive capacity to build on the undeniable achievements of our administration over the last seven years for the good of the people of Kwara State.”
