Youth groups across Kwara State say the emergence of the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, as the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for the 2027 election has reshaped the political future of the state.
The groups said Danladi’s emergence had brought a younger generation of politicians into the centre of the state’s governorship contest, describing his political experience and legislative leadership as significant factors ahead of the election.
Their position was contained in a joint statement issued on Sunday by the Kwara North Integrity Youth Forum, Ilorin Emirate Dynamic Youths and Kwara South Young Professionals in Politics.
The statement was signed by the coordinators of the three groups: Aliyu Likofu, Abdulwaheed Olamilekan, and Owoduni Adekunle, respectively.
The groups said Danladi, 41, had been involved in student politics and campaign organisation before his election to the State House of Assembly in 2019.
