The senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Saliu Mustapha, has expressed confidence that he would defeat Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, in the 2027 election for the district’s Senate seat.
Mustapha made the assertion during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, monitored by our correspondent on Friday, hours after the Senior Special Assistant on Communications to the Governor, Ibraheem Abdullateef, dismissed claims surrounding the political rift between the two men.
Asked whether he could defeat the governor in the event of a contest for the Kwara Central senatorial seat, Mustapha said the outcome would be clear shortly after voting commenced.
“I will defeat him before 12 noon,” Mustapha said.
The senator, who recently left the All Progressives Congress for the Peoples Democratic Party, is seeking to retain his Kwara Central seat on the platform of the opposition party amid unfolding political realignments ahead of the 2027 general election.
