As the 2027 general elections draw closer, religious leaders in the Oyun local government area of Kwara State, on Monday offered special interfaith prayers against untimely death for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Hon. Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa’s emergence as governor in 2027.

This was as stakeholdlers of the party, in Ilorin South, also yesterday, urged and directed members of the party across the state to support the call for consensus arrangements in picking governorship candidate for 2027 race, citing: equity, fairness, and the need to sustain ongoing progress.

Making the call when members of the Ilorin South Progressives Caucus endorsed the reelection of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and declared for Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa (BOB) as governorship candidate for the state governor in 2027 general elections, the chairman of the group, Hon. Oladimeji Mustapha said that the call was made in the interest of equity and fairness.

The interfaith prayer sessions, organised by the Oyun APC Solidarity Support for Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa (BOB) as Kwara state governor and reelection of President Bola Tinubu, was led by Bishop Ola Ojo of the African Church, Erin Ile, and Chief Imam of Oke Mapo mosque, Erin Ile, Alhaji Suleiman Tajudeen Olowe.

The prayer session afforded the opportunity to offer prayers for safe and peaceful general elections

The clerics, who said that every happening before the general polls should be handed over to God, prayed against untoward happenings before, during and after the polls in the country.

Meanwhile, at the Ilorin south cause meeting, the people, who canvassed continuity, loyalty, and purposeful leadership ahead of the next polls, said that those who have laboured for the growth of the party and the stability of the state deserve recognition and support.

A public affairs analyst, Issa Alfulani, who moved a motion for endorsement of BOB as the preferred and consensus candidate for the Kwara State governorship, described BOB as a unifier and a builder of people.

Meanwhile, a communiqué issued at the end of the Oyun meeting jointly organised by all the eleven wards, and signed by Alhaji Azeez isiaka Afolabi, the group adopted Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa as APC governorship aspirant, and endorsed Tinubu for reelection in 2027.

The people called on all other governorship aspirants to rally round Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa to enable him deliver the State to APC and appealed to Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman to support BOB to succeed him so that he (BOB) could continue with his good work.