The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has led 37 traditional rulers in Iwo Federal Constituency to endorse the aspiration of Chairman, Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc, Akin Ogunbiyi for 2026 governorship race.
Ogunbiyi is an aspirant within the All Progressives Congress(APC).
At the palace of Oluwo on Tuesday, the monarchs prayed for his emergence as Osun Governor in 2026.
Oba Akanbi, addressing Ogunbiyi with his supporters, lamented that Iwo land made up of three councils have been marginalised since the creation of the State, lamenting that they have never produced Governor, Deputy, Minister, Ambassador and others before.
DON'T MISS
“I am joining other 37 monarchs of this federal constituency to back the aspiration of our own, Akin Ogunbiyi. He has demonstrated capacity, that is why we decided to present just one person from this constituency for the guber seat.
“We pray that his ambition will come into fruition, good things will happen in Iwo land, he will emerge victorious like Aregbesola, Oyetola and Adeleke as the governor in 2026. We are all going to help him woo other monarchs from other places to support him,” he said.
Ogunbiyi said: “it is only in our Federal constituency that we present only one aspirant. Other places have three to four aspirant but here, we speak with one voice.
“I have come to here for the prayer of my fathers. Oluwo has the voice, relevance and influence to get anything he so wishes. Anything he laid his hands upon always prosper. I want his blessings alongside other kings. I also want them to help me work towards it.
“Iwo is number three in population, I put my agenda in your hands for us to record success. I want to contest for guber seat, it is the turn of Iwo, you can all help me to consult for us to push Iwo agenda forward.
“If we miss this opportunity, it may take us 24 years before this opportunity come to us in Iwo, which will be detrimental.”
