Ilorin Emirate Youths Back APC’s Kwara North Guber Ticket

* Say Danladi will deepen youth empowerment, development

Youth groups from the Ilorin Emirate have declared support for the emergence of the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Yakubu Danladi Salihu, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2027 election.

The endorsement was made at a joint press conference organised by the Ilorin Emirate Dynamic Youth Initiative and the Ilorin Emirate Youth Progressive for Communities on Monday in Ilorin.

Addressing journalists, the spokesman for the groups, Abdulwaheed Olamilekan, said it was time for Kwara North Senatorial District to produce the state’s governor in the interest of equity, fairness and inclusive governance.

According to them, their position was informed by the longstanding values of justice and balanced representation associated with the Ilorin Emirate.