As the battle for the Oyo State Government House intensifies and political tension boils over who takes the mantle of leadership, one man stands tall with genuine vision while others recycle old promises, godfather endorsements, and empty zoning rhetoric. He is no other than Engr. Oyedele Hakeem Alao (Allow Alao), the APC governorship aspirant who is not just talking but ready to deliver total redemption for the Oyo State people.
While PDP insiders haggle over Governor Seyi Makinde’s candidate supremacy and APC bigwigs push consensus candidates tied to federal corridors, Allow Alao has thrown his hat into the ring with courage and clarity. He is not another professional aspirant chasing relevance. He is an engineer, a proven organizer, and a man who has explicitly warned the party against sentiment, moneybags, and wrong selections that have kept Oyo in the opposition wilderness.
Why Allow Alao towers above the pack
The current political turmoil, zoning wars, money politics, and recycled names from Gov Abiola Ajimobi era, till 2019 and 2023, is exactly why Oyo needs fresh, competent leadership. Allow Alao has laid out a clear four-point Redemption Mission 2027 agenda focused on:
– Agriculture (food security and agro-processing revolution)
– Education (real transformation, not just building projects)
– Healthcare (accessible and quality services)
– Civil service reform (efficiency and youth inclusion)
This is not vague manifesto talk. This is targeted at the real pains of Oyo people: farmers struggling, youth migrating, hospitals without basics, and a bureaucracy that needs total revamp.
Controversial as it may sound in today’s money-driven politics: Most of the so-called “top contenders” are either extensions of the current administration’s fatigue or recycled APC figures who failed spectacularly before. Where were the loud voices when Oyo needed bold ideas? Allow Alao has always been clearly audible, he has been consulting widely, from markets to farms, schools to hospitals, not just in Ibadan but across the zones. He is calling for inclusive, transparent primaries, not imposed consensus that breeds division and hands victory back to PDP on a platter.
Let’s be brutally honest, Oyo State cannot afford another “it is my turn” candidate, a proxy imposed to settle elite scores or continuation of the third order. The state has suffered enough from political tourism and abandoned projects under previous dispensations. Allow Alao represents competence over connections, character over cash, and capacity over cabals. He has the audacity to tell his own party: “Let the best progressive emerge. Let Oyo State win.” That is rare leadership in our clime.
PDP loyalists will scream “APC has nothing to offer.” But with Makinde’s second term winding down amid questions on sustainability and inclusivity, the opposition only needs a credible, unifying, and visionary face. Allow Alao is that face, a man who obtained his nomination form with seriousness and is building structures from the grassroots, not waiting for Abuja or Ibadan kingmakers.
The tension in Oyo today is manufactured by those afraid of real change. They fear a candidate who cannot be controlled. They fear one who puts the people first. They fear that character who will separate party politics from governance. They fear someone who will put the party back into the hands of the real progressives’.
Oyo State, the choice is clear in this season of turmoil: Reject the noise, the godfathers, and the recycled promises. Embrace Allow Alao, the engineer of redemption, the voice of reason, and the best candidate to lead Oyo into prosperity.Tagged Allow Alao, APC, Oyedele Alao, Oyo State