{"id":67834,"date":"2025-06-11T16:17:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67834"},"modified":"2025-06-11T16:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:17:49","slug":"oriyomi-hamzats-possible-candidacy-sparks-buzz-in-ibadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/11\/oriyomi-hamzats-possible-candidacy-sparks-buzz-in-ibadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Oriyomi Hamzat&#8217;s Possible Candidacy Sparks Buzz in Ibadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Posters featuring Ibadan-based broadcaster and founder of Agidigbo FM, Hamzat Oriyomi, have flooded parts of Ibadan, Oyo State, fueling speculation about his possible entry into politics ahead of the 2027 general election.<\/p>\n<p>The posters, bearing the slogan \u201c2027 Oyo n pe o\u201d alongside a black-and-white image of Oriyomi, suggest growing grassroots support for his candidacy, although the specific political office he may contest remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared by one of his support groups, Oriyomi was seen attending an event where supporters chanted enthusiastically, urging him to accept what they described as a call to serve. \u201cOkiki (Hamzat), Oyo is calling you. Answer their call,\u201d the crowd cheered.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to criticism over Oriyomi\u2019s potential shift from broadcasting to politics, a post from the \u2018Oyo n pe o\u2019 social media page argued that good governance is not exclusive to career politicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe notion that governance requires more than communication skills is a misconception,\u201d the statement read in part. \u201cEffective broadcasting involves connecting with people, understanding their needs, and conveying messages with empathy; qualities that are essential for strong leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group described critics of Oriyomi\u2019s political ambition as either misinformed or prejudiced, emphasizing that leadership is defined by vision, courage, and a commitment to public service not by one\u2019s professional background.<\/p>\n<p>As of the time of filing this report, Oriyomi has not confirmed or denied any plans to run for office in 2027, and efforts to reach him for comments were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Posters featuring Ibadan-based broadcaster and founder of Agidigbo FM, Hamzat Oriyomi, have flooded parts of Ibadan, Oyo State, fueling speculation about his possible entry into politics ahead of the 2027 general election. The posters, bearing the slogan \u201c2027 Oyo n pe o\u201d alongside a black-and-white image of Oriyomi, suggest growing grassroots support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":67835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67836,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67834\/revisions\/67836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}