“I’m fully in the race for Oyo governorship,” Oriyomi Hamzat declares

By Ayorinde Oluokun

Popular Ibadan-based broadcaster, Oriyomi Hamzat, has affirmed his determination to contest in the 2027 Oyo governorship election following his procurement of expression of interest form of Accord on Monday.

Hamzat, who is also the proprietor of Agidigbo FM radio station picked up the form at the Yemetu, Ibadan ACCORD Secretariat on Monday.

He was accompanied by large number of his supporters.

Hamzat said his decision to pick up the form for the governorship contest was in response to what many people in Oyo State have been asking him to do for months.

“Let me say it clearly — this is no longer speculation. This is no longer consultation. I am fully in the race for the governorship of Oyo State,” Hamzat said in a post on his social media handles on Tuesday.

“This decision is not about ambition for its own sake. It is about responsibility. It is about answering the call of our people who believe that governance in Oyo State can be closer, more responsive, and more humane,” he added.

The broadcaster also noted that his campaign office at Isale Alfa, Labiran Ibadan will serve as a working centre and a place where ideas will be shared, where young people will be heard, and where his movement will be coordinated from the grassroots upward.

This, according to him, was because to ensure that power flows from the streets, from the wards, from the everyday people who carry the real burden of governance.

He also said he has supported executives of ACCORD in Oyo State with a vehicle as part of his investment in the grassroots.

“If we say we believe in grassroots politics, then we must invest in it, not just talk about it,”

“I want the people of Oyo State to understand this: I am prepared and I am not coming into this race unsure. Unequivocally, I am coming in with clarity, with experience, and with the strength that comes from the people themselves,” Hamzat said.

The broadcaster also said that he is going to run a different kind of campaign: “one that listens more than it speaks, one that includes more than it excludes, and one that focuses on real issues, not empty promises.

“To my teeming supporters, every young person, every market woman, every professional, and every community leader, I want you to know that this journey is yours as much as it is mine.

“And by the grace of God, we will see it through together,” Hamzat concluded.