A two-term House of Representatives member in Lagos State and former Senator representing Osun West Senatorial District, Senator Mudashiru Husain, on Wednesday, posited that he is politically grounded in Osun State to send Governor Ademola Adeleke away come 2026 governorship election.

The frontline gubernatorial aspirant stated this while declaring his readiness to contest the forthcoming governorship election in the state at the All Progressives Congress (APC) State Secretariat, Osogbo.

The former National Commissioner on Population and Housing Census, who made the declaration before party stakeholders led by the APC State Chairman, Tajudeen Sooko Lawal, also promised fairness and inclusivity if given the mandate.

He informed the APC stakeholders in Ejigbo Local Government and in the state at large that it is the turn of Ejigbo to produce the next governor of the state.

Senator Husain, who equally remarked that apart from being grounded politically with experience in both the House of Representatives and as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, said he is the “major general” amongst the other APC aspirants in the state.

He stressed that political structures and good templates are there for him to take over the mantle of the state come 2026.

Senator Husain, however, sought the support of stakeholders in the state to achieve his aspiration for the benefit of the entire state.

In his remarks, the APC Chairman in the state, Tajudeen Sooko Lawal, admonished all the party’s aspirants to see themselves as one family.

He said, “With the grace of God, APC will take over Osun State come 2026 from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.”

He urged that if any aspirant emerges during the primary, others should rally round him for the success of the party in the next governorship election, because all APC aspirants are better grounded than Governor Ademola Adeleke of the ruling party.