{"id":3220,"date":"2026-04-17T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3220"},"modified":"2026-04-17T01:55:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:55:02","slug":"ogun-apc-adopts-yayi-as-consensus-governorship-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3220","title":{"rendered":"Ogun APC adopts Yayi as Consensus Governorship Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC) Ogun State, Monday, adopted the senator representing Ogun West, Solomon Adeola, popularly called Yayi, as its governorship candidate for the 2027 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to field the lawmaker as the party\u2019s governorship flag bearer was announced at the state strategic caucus meeting presided over by the state chairman of the party, Chief Yemi Sanusi and held at the party secretariat, Abeokuta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wizkid - Bad Girl (Audio) ft. 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