G15 Coalition Says Gov. AbdulRazaq Now In The Minority In Kwara APC
Four years after the “OTOGE” wave swept the old political order out of Kwara, the same political scale appears to be tilting again.
The Kwara APC G15 Coalition on Monday staged a massive solidarity walk in Ilorin, declaring that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq no longer commands the support of the majority within the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state.
Thousands of party faithful joined the walk, which the coalition used to announce the relaunch of the OTOGE movement the same political instrument that delivered the APC to power in 2019.
Speaking during the walk, leaders of the G15 said the balance of power in the party has shifted. According to them, the governor has drifted away from the structure and stakeholders that midwifed the 2019 victory.
The G15 is no small bloc. It comprises the 10 governorship aspirants from the last APC primary, the 3 serving senators from Kwara, a majority of APC federal lawmakers, serving members of the Kwara State House of Assembly, the APC Elders Caucus, and key youth and women leaders.
‘Igba ta ba fi winka la o fi san’
The same scale used to measure and bring people together in 2019 is now being used to take account, a coalition leader told the crowd. “OTOGE was about collective interest. When that interest is no longer protected, the people will realign.”
The declaration signals what political watchers describe as the most open internal challenge to the governor’s leadership of the party in the state since 2019.
As chants of the revived OTOGE slogan rented the air in Ilorin, the message from the G15 was clear: the political debt is being called in, and the repayment will be done with the same instrument it was borrowed with — the people’s mandate.
