From Taiye Joseph, Ilorin
Aaro Meta, a political pressure group in Kwara South, has urged aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to reconcile their differences and support the party’s 2027 governorship candidate, Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Salihu Danladi, while backing the rotation of power to Kwara North.
The group, which played an active role in the 2018 Otoge movement that paved the way for the APC government in 2019, made the appeal through its Coordinator, Engr. Adebayo S. Daramola, during a News Keg, organised by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ilorin.
Aaro Meta said its position was informed by the need to promote equity, fairness and political balance among the three senatorial districts, recalling that it supported a governorship candidate from Kwara Central in 2019 despite being based in Kwara South.
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It argued that Kwara Central would have produced governors for 20 years by May 2027, while Kwara South had occupied the position for eight years since 1999, making the emergence of a candidate from Kwara North consistent with the principle of power rotation.
The group asked APC members in Kwara South to extend the same political understanding demonstrated in 2019 to Danladi’s candidacy.
“Why can’t we also have a free mind like we did in 2019 to rally support for any candidate that emerged from the Kwara North Senatorial District, rather than having a preferred candidate?” it queried.
It particularly appealed to aggrieved members of the party and the G-15 political bloc to embrace reconciliation, warning that internal divisions could weaken the APC ahead of the 2027 elections.
“We cannot afford to be a party to the destruction of the house and family we have all toiled to build and nurture all these years, but to always learn to forgive one another when we offend ourselves,” the group said.
Aaro Meta also urged party members to accept the outcome of the primaries, noting that only one candidate could emerge for each elective position.
On security, the group commended President Bola Tinubu and Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for measures to tackle banditry and kidnapping in Kwara South, particularly the establishment of military bases in Oro-Ago, Babanla and Omu-Aran.
It expressed optimism that the 184 Battalion in Omu-Aran would strengthen security operations and curb criminal activities across forest communities.
