The Ogun APC governorship candidate and Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Olamilekan Adeola Yayi, has appealed to residents of Ogun West to deliver 500,000 votes for him in the 2027 governorship election, declaring that the district has a historic opportunity to produce the next governor of Ogun State.

Yayi made the appeal on Sunday in Ilaro while addressing leaders and stakeholders of Yewa South Local Government Area at the conclusion of his engagement with stakeholders across the 20 local government areas of the state.

The senator, who expressed confidence in his governorship ambition, said the 500,000-vote target was achievable, noting that previous governors of the state had emerged with fewer than 300,000 votes.

He urged the people of Ogun West to close ranks and support his ambition, stressing that the district must not allow the opportunity to produce a governor to slip away.

"My people of Yewa, I want the votes that will make Yayi the next governor of Ogun State to come from Ogun West Senatorial District. I am asking for 500,000 votes from Ogun West. With 500,000 votes, I will become governor," he said.

Yayi, who described the growing political support for his ambition as unprecedented, said the entire three senatorial districts of Ogun State have, for the first time, united behind a governorship candidate.

He also claimed that his ambition had received massive backing from Ijebuland, disclosing that before the death of the Awujale of Ijebuland, late Oba Sikiru Adetona, had instructed the Ijebu Council of Obas to support his governorship aspiration.

The senator urged aggrieved party members and political stakeholders to forgive any offence they might have suffered, insisting that unity was necessary to secure victory in 2027.

"The reason for this meeting is for the development of Yewa South. I have not done anything to Yewa South yet. I will continue working until May 29, 2027," he said.

Yayi, who claimed to have facilitated more than 200 projects in Yewa South alone, said his political opponents were unsettled by his achievements and warned against attempts to intimidate his supporters.

He declared that Ogun West was determined to break what he described as a 50-year political barrier preventing the district from producing a governor.

The senator also questioned the possibility of another indigene of Iperu succeeding Governor Dapo Abiodun, who is also from the town, insisting that Ogun West deserved a fair opportunity to occupy the state's highest political office.

Senator Yayi, however, announced plans to commence work on several projects across Yewa South within the next two weeks.

The proposed projects include roads in Modeolu, Akorede community, Oke Okuta, Isaga community, Ifoyintedo, Ago Eyo and the Old Sokoto-Badagry Road.

He also listed the proposed construction of Oke-Odan Grammar School, Ahmadiya Community High School, an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) centre at the State Hospital, Ilaro, and Sayedero Market among projects expected to commence.

Yayi maintained that his ambition was backed by what he described as divine intervention and growing political support, urging residents to seize the opportunity to elect a governor from Ogun West in 2027.