Tompolo, Adeleke, Oyetola launch Osun drive for 1.5m Tinubu votes in 2027
- A pro-Tinubu movement was inaugurated in Osogbo on Saturday with a target of 1.5 million Osun votes in 2027.
- Tompolo donated 30 vehicles and urged residents to give the President at least 90 per cent of votes cast.
- Adeleke and Oyetola, both represented at the event, backed the target and called for support across party lines.
A political support group for President Bola Tinubu don set target of at least 1.5 million votes in Osun State for the 2027 presidential election. Dem announce the target on Saturday for Osogbo at the inauguration of the state and local government structures of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, according to one statement wey Punch see.
The group grand patron, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, wey plenty people know as Tompolo, donate 30 vehicles and other campaign materials at the event. He talk through Kestin Pondi, managing director of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited.
Osun get 2,339,233 registered voters, and 1,906,390 of dem don collect their Permanent Voter Cards, according to figures inside the statement. That mean the 1.5 million target na roughly two-thirds of the state registered voters.
Wetin the backers talk
Tompolo urge Osun residents to give the President at least 90 per cent of the votes wey dem go cast, and he describe am as fellow Yoruba man and call on the South-West to unite behind am. He credit Tinubu economic reforms with raising allocations to states, wey he talk say don help governors pay salaries and pensions and fund projects.
"We no longer have fuel queues. Our economy is stable," Tompolo talk, according to the statement.
Governor Ademola Adeleke, wey im deputy Kola Adewusi represent, talk say the gathering show say parties and groups inside the state ready to work across party lines for the President re-election. He urge the coalition to put aside past disagreements and deliver between 1.5 million and two million votes.
Marine and Blue Economy Minister Adegboyega Oyetola, wey Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji represent, the APC governorship candidate in the 2026 Osun election, talk say support for Tinubu now stretch beyond the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and he urge the South-West to turn that support into votes at polling units.
The movement national coordinator, Sunday Asuku, talk say the state get close to two million votes wey people fit grab and ask residents to come out massively on January 16, 2027.
Why e matter
Osun na one of the South-West states wey the President party go look for strong showing. The event also put the state government and a federal minister for same campaign line, even though Adeleke and Oyetola represent rather than present.
The claims about fuel queues, stable economy and prompt salaries na the campaign own account and dem no independently check am at the event.
Wetin go happen next: The movement talk say e go carry im campaign go communities across Osun. The presidential election na January 16, 2027, according to the event organisers.
