Ministerial List: Intrigue as President Tinubu dumps Folarin of APC for opposition

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, July 28, unveiled his ministerial nominees when he transmitted the list to the Senate, and it was read during the plenary.

In the list, the president nominated Bayo Adelabu, the candidate of the Accord Party in the March 18 governorship election in Oyo State, to take over the Southwest State's slot in the ministerial list.

This was against the expectation of many, who expected the president to have chosen Teslim Folarin, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, to have the state's slot since he could not defeat the incumbent Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the poll.

Reacting to the development, Wale Adeagbo, an Ibadan-born legal luminary, while speaking with Legit.ng, expressed optimism that the president would have other options for the APC candidate.

According to him, Folarin still has the chance of bagging an ambassadorial position or head of any government agency or parastatal.

He said: "I feel the President may have a better plan for Teslim Folarin."

Some stakeholders under the APC Oodua Reformation Group have expressed strong opposition against the nomination of Adelabu as the ministerial nominee for Oyo State.

In a statement on Monday, July 24, the group described the president's choice as an insult to local members of the APC in the state, who worked tirelessly for the success of Tinubu in the state during the election.

Recall that Adelabu dumped the APC for the accord party in the build-up to the 2023 governorship election in the state and contested against Teslim Folarin, the party's guber candidate.