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Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji(AMBO): The Only True Contender Who Ticks All the Boxes to Govern Osun — By Oyetunji Akeem Ayoade

Published by Tope Fakinlede on August 6th, 2025.

Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji(AMBO): The Only True Contender Who Ticks All the Boxes to Govern Osun — By Oyetunji Akeem Ayoade

Bola Oyebamiji

The only reason the number of people aspiring for the number one seat in Osun State is rising every day is due to a known fact: whosoever gets the ticket of the APC will become the next Governor. I have checked all the nine aspirants, and I can boldly say they are all fit and capable and all of them are far above the current occupant of the Osun Government House.

Bola Oyebamiji

Like I said earlier, all aspirants are fit and capable. However, being fit and capable is different from being acceptable. From my investigation and understanding, I have been able to decode that Alhaji Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO) is the most popular aspirant in Osun State today across all parties not just the APC. The rate at which the current occupants are deploying media attacks on his personality is enough to convince you.

Since politics and leadership are all about sacrifices, party members have decided to align with Bola Oyebamiji based on his huge sacrifice in 2018. He chose the party’s victory over his personal ambition, despite the fact that some powerful individuals in the APC wanted him to wrestle the ticket against Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola in 2018. At that point, he could have hidden under the west agitation and joined the race, but rather he said, “What is mine will never pass me by.”

Let us briefly look at other frontrunners from the West at the time and compare their loyalty to the party with Oyebamiji’s. Immediately Alhaji Moshood Adeoti couldn’t get the ticket, he left for ADP, and since then till date,he has been working against the APC, despite the fact that he not only served as Secretary to the Government but also as Party Chairman.

Let’s look at Alhaji Najeem Salam,he still nurtures the pain of not getting the ticket to this day, and has decided to align with enemies of the party that allowed him to serve as Speaker for years. But Oyebamiji said No, party supremacy is bigger than personal ambition. He has no history of switching loyalty away from party members at anytime and switching back because of ticket issues,appointment at the Federal level or party level. He has always stood by the party. You can check his record, especially from 2018 till date, and you will understand why the party members are fully behind him. They want a real party man to take the mantle of power.

The greediness of the current occupants of Osun State Government House is one of the major reasons especially for the people of Osogbo why they want Oyebamiji. Adeleke has made everything about Osun an Adeleke and Ede affairs. This is a man who couldn’t wait until his second term before trying to relocate the Ido-Osun Airport to Ede. He couldn’t even wait for second term before renaming Abeere, Osogbo to Ede despite his promise not to do so.

One would have expected Alhaji Muniru, who was their spokesperson when they promised Osogbo people not to tamper with renaming of Abeere, to have resigned by now.

The Secretary to the State Government who is also an Osogbo indigene should have raised his voice too, but disappointingly, the Office of the Secretary to the State Government has already removed “Abeere, Osogbo” from their letterhead.

Osogbo people believe Adeleke would do worse if re-elected, and they have decided to align with a man of integrity, one whose Yes is Yes, and whose No is No.

Truly, integrity is better than currency. That is why major stakeholders in Osogbo have aligned themselves with AMBO’s ambition. The son of Alhaji Tunde Badmus(Tuns farm) is with AMBO. Princess Adejoke Oyin Adejobi has also aligned with him. Even the immediate past lawmaker that represented Osogbo Continuency clearly stated that there is nothing like *Osogbo agenda*, it is about the person Osogbo people can trust to protect their interests.

I’m not a fan of a “West Agenda.” I supported the “Best Agenda” in 2018, and I still stand by it today. But since we cannot totally remove agenda and sentiments from politics, it is worth noting that apart from being the best among the aspirants, Oyebamiji also ticks the box of the “West Agenda.” He is not only from the West,he has made a huge impacts there. His antecedents will earn him the bulk of votes from the west side.

With the resolution of Osun people to vote for someone they can trust, I want to advise Governor Adeleke to start preparing his handover note because it is already over.

I’m Oyetunji Akeem Ayoade