APC Shake-Up in Osun: Incumbent Senator Loses Ticket as Fadahunsi Secures Comeback Win

In a major twist ahead of the 2027 general elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has wrapped up its senatorial primaries, witnessing both defeats and victories for sitting lawmakers.

Senator Francis Fadahunsi, who currently represents Osun East, clinched the APC ticket with a landslide 23,593 votes, defeating Famurewa Israel (472 votes) and Thomas Ogungbangbe (806 votes). Fadahunsi first joined the Senate in 2019 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and was re-elected in 2023, but defected to the APC in 2025 alongside four other PDP lawmakers.

Meanwhile, Senator Olubiyi Fadeyi, representing Osun Central, lost his re-election bid to legal luminary Adekunle Adegoke (SAN), who polled 26,655 votes against Fadeyi’s 13,138.

Other aspirants Yomi Ogunwale, Akintunde Adegboye, and Olu Fakeye scored 2,925, 342, and 67 votes respectively.

In Osun West, insurance expert Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi dominated the primary with 30,568 votes, far ahead of Gafar Akintayo (1,215 votes) and Peter Ogundeji (14 votes), despite Ogundeji having earlier withdrawn from the race.

According to Punch, the Osun APC leadership praised the peaceful conduct of the primaries and urged all candidates and supporters to avoid inflammatory remarks.

Party spokesperson Kola Olabisi appealed to aggrieved aspirants to use internal grievance mechanisms, adding that “there is no winner or vanquished the party and the people of Osun are the overall winners.”