The Gubernatorial aspirant for the forthcoming 2027 general elections in Pacesetter State, Dr. Adewale Kolapo Kareem (AKK) has make a bold step to join All Progressives Congress (APC).
This newspaper further learnt that the decision is a major boost to Oyo’s political landscape, signalling a new dawn for the state’s politics being the ruling party at the National level under the administration of His Excellency, President Bolaji Ahmed Tinubu.
However, the defect shows a new chapter for AKK’s journey to a New Era of collective progress as he makes a historic event come June 3rd, 2025.
The statement further read in parts;
Oyo 2027 A Fresh chapter for Collective Progress, AKK joins APC, Sets June For Grand Entry,
This is a decision crystallised to define an important step in a journey long dedicated to the service of the people. After wider consultation across board and much reflection, I, Dr. Adewale Kolapo Kareem, wish to announce my entry into the All-Progressives Congress (APC), a party whose programs aligns with the ideals articulated in my writings over the past months.
This is not a leap taken lightly but a deliberate alignment with a platform that, despite its imperfections, offers a framework to pursue sustainable progress and growth in the affairs of the people.
The APC’s vision, however tested, I believe mirrors my own: a commitment to governance that uplifts, unites, and innovates. My entry would not just be a membership, it is a pledge to amplify these shared aspirations in the interest of the good people of Oyo State.
As I have previously opinionated in one of my previous writings, political parties are not mere vehicles for power; they are ecosystems for ideas to take root and have solutions bloom-or wither, if neglected. The APC has championed initiatives like economic diversification and infrastructure renewal, echoes of which can be traced in my past calls for transformative leadership.
Yes, the party grapples with challenges at the federal level-economic strains, public discontent, among others are no secrets, yet, these are not indictments of intent, rather tests of resolve. I join not to gloss over these hurdles but to lend my voice and wit to their resolution. Nation-building demands collaboration, and the APC, I believe, with its vast network, offers a stage to turn rhetoric into remedy.
Again, there will be a grand entry into the APC, which will be no quiet affair. God willing, on Tuesday,3rd June 2025, thousands of Aseyori Support Group (ASG) members will be dressed in astonishing Ankara, vests, and White or Green dress move in unison from the AKK House to the APC Oyo State Secretariat in Oke Ado, Ibadan.
It will be a spectacle of solidarity, an affirmation of the collective spirit that has always fuelled my mission to lead our dear state. Over the past months, I’ve worked and coordinated to have many loyal combatants as my shield, – our supporters are drawn from every corner of Oyo State and share my vision – they are beyond numbers in the six geopolitical zones; they are the heartbeat of a movement that sees progress as a collective pursuit.
Throughout my adulthood, I have built a truth as my ideology – I am aware that rules are the spine of any social order. Political parties, like the APC, thrive on this reality with the belief that structure breeds strength. I am coming to this fold ready to abide by its code and progressive ideology, bringing not just compliance but a spark to its engine. I am convinced that my popularity and the trust I’ve earned from the people aren’t trinkets to flaunt, they’re tools to hoist the APC’s cause higher, both in Oyo State and across Nigeria. With my ASG’s full-of-life supporters, – steadfast, spirited, and legion – I’ll fuse my reach with the party’s mission and turn vision into victories.
The focus remains razor-sharp; the good people of Oyo State are the centrepiece of this journey. They’re why I’m here, why I’ve pledged reforms to lift their lives-jobs, roads, dignity-and I can’t steer that ship solo. A political party is the hull, and I’m subscribing myself beneath APC’s canopy to sail these promises home.
We can, together, push for growth and progress for our dear state, institute a pact with the people, sealed by action, powered by unity, and crowned by results.
This is a call to readiness, not only for ASG members or the people of Oyo, but for anyone who believes that governance can be more than optics. My arrival into the APC is a bridge between past promises and future possibilities-a fusion of ideology and action. The party’s history, from its 2015 triumph to its current trials, teaches that power without purpose is hollow; I aim to infuse it with both. On Tuesday, 3rd June 2025 when we march from AKK House to Oke Ado, we carry more than AKK emblem, we represent a vision of a state, and indeed a nation, where every headache is a collective one, and every solution is a victory shared together in the progressive folds.
The APC is my new home, and together, we will build something worthy of the name “progress.” Please join me on this journey. Thank you so much.
Oyo 2027
AKK 2027
Governor 2027
AKK! Aseyori ni tiwa.
AKK!! Ajose Ajoje
AKK!!! A Task that must be done.
Thursday April 10, 2025.
