Here comes a leader who grasps the anguish of Oyo’s people: crushed by rampant joblessness, dignity stripped bare, futures eclipsed in a state set adrift. Still, their craving for revival blazes undimmed. “Oyo State is due for redemption,” declares Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao (Allow Alao).
Launching his APC governorship bid on April 21, 2026, at Ibadan’s NUT Resource Centre, Samanda, he charts the path to Oyo 2027 redemption.
In a speech brimming with humility and resolve, he launched the “Redemption Mission 2027” – a masterplan to catapult Oyo from stagnation to soaring prosperity.
Engr. Alao is no armchair politician. He is a highly cerebral and distinguished engineer with a flawless record of executing transformative projects. He embodies integrity, honouring every pledge to elders and the masses alike. Like Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s blueprint for Lagos, his vision channels youthful energy and seasoned wisdom to unite, deliver, and uplift. “I come not to demand, but to serve,” he proclaimed, his words a clarion call to APC stalwarts: back the candidate of competence, character, capacity, and compassion – the one who will reclaim victory and govern with distinction.
At the heart of his mission lies four pillars, each a testament to his grasp of Oyo’s pains and potentials:
Agriculture Reborn: Mechanisation centres in every zone, the “Feed Ourselves, Feed the Nation” drive with seeds, tools, and finance; investing in cash crops, food crops and animal husbandry, processing hubs for jobs and value; industry tie-ups for markets; irrigation revival – turning our fertile soils into the nation’s breadbasket.
Health Revolution: “Health for All” – fortified primary centres across the 351 wards, excellence-driven general hospitals with modern equipment and laboratories, construction of ultra-modern hospitals in each of the seven zones and a crusade against mortality through sanitation and prevention.
Education Unleashed: An “Education Emergency” with rebuilt schools, empowered teachers, STEM focus, scholarships, youth retraining to acquire technical skills and vocational training to ignite innovation in every child.
Governance Reinvented: A merit-based civil service, digitised for speed and transparency, fuelled by welfare and accountability – making government your tireless advocate.
This is the Oyedele difference: a man who sees power not as plunder but as a bridge to dignity for farmers, families, and future generations. Oyo’s elders know it – 2027 demands we sideline sentiment for substance.
With Engr. Alao, the APC doesn’t just win primaries; it wins hearts, elections, and an era of unparalleled progress.