*BEWARE OF IMPOSITION*

*Favour Adéwọyin,*

January 3, 2026. 

On behalf of Ẹgbẹ́ Àjọṣepọ̀

Fún Ìtẹsiwájú Gbogbo Wa, an advocacy group whose vision is Governorship Power Rotation to Òkèògùn come 2027 is saying that the future of a people must never be decided by force, fiat, or the convenience of a few. History is unequivocal: imposition is the enemy of justice, the graveyard of legitimacy, and the architect of instability. Any attempt to impose a candidate on the people of Ọ̀yọ́ State — especially on Òkèògùn — will deepen mistrust, inflame resentment, and endanger the fragile fabric of our collective coexistence.

Our vision is clear and just: Governorship Power Rotation to Òkèògùn in 2027. This is not a plea; it is a principled demand anchored in fairness, equity, and historical balance. Òkèògùn has endured decades of marginalisation and exclusion, and the consequences are visible, painful, and undeniable.

Marginalisation manifests in impassable roads, hospitals without personnel, equipment, or essential drugs, schools with dilapidated structures and chronic underfunding, pervasive insecurity, worsening poverty driven by a weak local economy, rampant unemployment, and forced rural–urban migration, where our youths are reduced to menial labour in search of survival. This is not development; it is neglect. And neglect, prolonged, becomes injustice.

Another insidious form of marginalisation is the deliberate confinement of certain peoples to predetermined political ceilings, where offices are informally reserved for a few, while others are systematically denied the right to aspire beyond token positions. This unwritten but powerful arrangement entrenches inequality and mocks the very essence of democracy.

In this lopsided structure, Òkèògùn is expected to be content with the offices of Deputy Governor and Party Chairman, while Ìbàràpá is tacitly restricted to the position of Speaker of the House of Assembly. Ọ̀yọ̀ is often merely considered for commissioner, and Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ has produced only one Governor — by presidential fiat, not by an organic, inclusive political process.

Such selective allocation of offices is not balance; it is structured exclusion. It reduces capable regions to political footnotes and reinforces a hierarchy that privileges some while permanently subordinating others. True equity demands the dismantling of these artificial ceilings, so that every zone can aspire, compete, and lead on equal footing. Democracy must not ration leadership by geography; it must open its highest offices to all, without prejudice or precondition.

Let it be stated without equivocation: marginalisation is synonymous with unfairness, injustice, inequity, inequality, and exclusion. To cure these ills, representation matters. An indigene of Òkèògùn must be presented and supported for the governorship ticket of either — or both — of the two major political parties. Anything short of this perpetuates the very imbalance we seek to correct.

The record speaks for itself. Ìbádàn has produced governors for 21 of the last 26 years. Equity demands restraint. Ìbádàn should not produce the Governor in 2027 — not out of hostility, but out of justice. Persisting on the same path risks an exodus — a movement of people driven by despair, not choice. No society thrives when entire regions feel unseen, unheard, and unserved.

We therefore warn, with clarity and conviction: beware of imposition. Let the people decide. Let equity prevail. Let justice rotate power where it is long overdue. 2027 belongs to Òkèògùn — for healing, for balance, and for a future that truly includes us all.

*Pst. Favour Adéwoyin,*

National Secretary, Ẹgbẹ́ Àjọṣepọ̀ Fún Ìtẹsiwájú Gbogbo Wa.