2027: Oyo APC youths rally for Tinubu in Ibadan, pledge to push Renewed Hope
By: Abudu Olalekan
Ibadan woke up loud. Drums. Chants. Flags everywhere. The Oyo APC Youth League poured into the streets on Saturday for what they called a Loyalty Walk, and it did feel like one—loyalty in motion.
By mid-morning, major roads looked like a moving sea of green and white. Not a small crowd. Youths came in from all 33 local government areas, shoulder to shoulder, singing the same song: stand with President Bola Tinubu ahead of 2027. Simple message. Clear.
Reportersroom counted the mood, not just the steps. The declaration was straight: the youths are backing the president and doubling down on his Renewed Hope Agenda. Less talk, more work. That was the vibe.
At the front, Ayobami Dagilogba, the state coordinator, kept the pace steady. He told Reportersroom the walk wasn’t theater. It was a signal—of commitment, of structure, of a plan to deliver for the party in 2027. He said they’re in this for real, leaning into the noise.
Dagilogba framed the day as more than a rally; to him, it’s a vote of confidence in Tinubu’s vision and in the party’s leadership. The youth wing, he added, is ready to take point. Ready to defend wins. Ready to expand it too, across Oyo and beyond. He slipped in a prayerful note: by God’s grace, total victory come 2027.
Strategy? Grassroots. Always. Dagilogba said the league will keep mobilising across wards and polling units, building at the base where elections actually breathe. Young people, he insisted, power the progressive engine. They’re the gears. They move things.
The city felt it. There was color, there was music, and honestly, a sense of unity that’s been missing in many party spaces. Some called it a reset for the youth bloc. Others called it overdue. Either way, they walked together.
Context matters. The incumbent is contesting the 2027 election on the APC platform, and this is one state’s youth wing saying, we’re here, we’re on board. In 2023, Tinubu beat former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Those two names? Still hovering over 2027 as possible contenders. The board isn’t empty.
Inside the march, you could hear the talking points drop like beads: jobs, security, the economy. Big issues. Hard problems. The argument from the youth league is that Renewed Hope needs time and pressure. They want to apply both.
What stood out wasn’t just the turnout, but the organization: clusters by LGA, banners tight, marshals guiding the flow, coordinators on phones. It wasn’t perfect—traffic snarled, a few frayed tempers—but it looked like a machine learning to hum. There’s polish coming, you can tell.
And yes, this is politics—messy, loud, necessary. Critics will call it optics. Supporters will call it momentum. The truth sits somewhere in the middle, sipping water, watching the next move.
Dagilogba sounded unbothered by the skepticism. He kept returning to the same point: show up early, show up often, stay with the ground game. The group say they’re in it for the long run, that this walk is the start of a series—more outreach, more town halls, more door-to-door. Ward by ward. Because that’s where votes live.
For now, Oyo’s young progressives have planted a flag. It’s bright. It’s loud. And it’s pointed squarely at 2027. Whether it shifts numbers statewide or just stiffens spines inside the party, we’ll see.
But nobody left confused. The message was clear enough to read without a banner: support Tinubu, back the Renewed Hope Agenda, and keep the lines tight till election day. Simple. Sharp. On brand.
