2027 · GubernatorialAPC
Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli & Adedeji Adesoji Michael
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- Oyo
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Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli
Senator for Oyo South Senatorial District, Oyo State
This term: 13 Jun 2023–present
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Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli (INEC prints ALLI SHARAFADEEN ABIODUN) is the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), with Adesoji Adedeji as his running mate. He has been senator for Oyo South since 13 June 2023, was chairman of the Senate INEC and Electoral Matters committee until May 2025 and now chairs the committee on agricultural…
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Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli (INEC prints ALLI SHARAFADEEN ABIODUN) is the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), with Adesoji Adedeji as his running mate. He has been senator for Oyo South since 13 June 2023, was chairman of the Senate INEC and Electoral Matters committee until May 2025 and now chairs the committee on agricultural colleges and institutions. He holds the Ibadan chieftaincy title Ekerin Balogun, announced in September 2026. He was elected the first Executive Chairman of Ibadan North Local Government on the National Republican Convention ticket in the early 1990s, then served Governor Rashidi Ladoja as Secretary to the State Government (from 2003) and Chief of Staff (from 2005), and chaired the board of Odu'a Investment Company Limited from 2011 to 2014. His party path ran through the ACN, the Labour Party (deputy governorship candidate on Adebayo Alao-Akala's ticket in April 2015: 184,111 votes, lost), the PDP, and the Zenith Labour Party, whose governorship candidate he was in 2019 until he stepped down for Seyi Makinde on 4 March 2019. He joined the APC with Ladoja's followers on 2 March 2021. He won the APC Oyo South Senate ticket in a re-run primary on 31 May 2022 (185 votes) and the seat on 25 February 2023 with 111,513 votes against the PDP's 92,481; the PDP candidate's petition was dismissed by the tribunal on 6 September 2023. A separate suit over the 2022 primary was dismissed in October 2022. He declared for governor on 17 April 2026 and won the APC direct primary on 21 May 2026 against nine others, including former Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu, who alleged irregularities in some wards. The APC did not publish vote counts. He received the INEC nomination form on 2 July 2026. No criminal or corruption allegation against him was found.
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1963
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDEarly lifeProfile record
Born
Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli was born on 20 Apr 1963.
1991
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
1991 LGA chairmanship election
Ibadan North · Oyo
- Result
- Won
- Recorded winner
- Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli
First elected Executive Chairman of Ibadan North LGA, on the defunct National Republican Convention ticket (NRC has no party row). Poll day and votes not found; his media adviser's profile gives December 1991 to November 1993 in office.
Working lifeReviewed record
Executive Chairman
Ibadan North Local Government, Oyo State
- Industry
- Local government
First elected Executive Chairman of Ibadan North LGA, on the National Republican Convention ticket in the Third Republic (Daily Post 16 Jan 2018), aged 28. Start year 1991 is in The Nation (13 May 2022) and Daily Post; the December 1991 to November 1993 span comes from his media adviser's profile only. Kept as a career because no start day is sourced.
2003
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Secretary to the State Government
Oyo State Government
- Industry
- Government
Secretary to the State Government under Governor Rashidi Ladoja. May 2003 to May 2005 per his media adviser; Daily Post (12 May 2022) places his service under Ladoja between 2003 and 2007, consistent with SSG followed by Chief of Staff.
2005
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Chief of Staff to the Governor
Oyo State Government
- Industry
- Government
Chief of Staff to Governor Rashidi Ladoja from 2005 (The Nation, 13 May 2022); the 2007 end year is from his media adviser's profile.
2011
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Chairman, Board of Directors
Odu'a Investment Company Limited
- Industry
- Investment holding
Chaired the board of the South-West states' investment holding company. In a 2019 Punch interview he said he left the ACN while still its chairman. November 2011 to April 2014 is from his media adviser's profile.
2015
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2015 Deputy-governorship election
Labour Party · Oyo
- Result
- Lost
- Votes
- 184,111
- Recorded winner
- Abiola Ajimobi
Running mate to Adebayo Alao-Akala on the Labour Party ticket (Daily Trust, 17 Sep 2017). The ticket polled 184,111 votes, third behind the APC (327,310) and Accord (254,520) (Premium Times, 12 Apr 2015). Votes are the ticket's.
2019
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2019 Governorship election
Zenith Labour Party · Oyo
- Result
- Withdrawn
- Recorded winner
- Seyi Makinde
Zenith Labour Party governorship candidate (substituted in on the weekend of 1-2 Dec 2018). On Monday 4 Mar 2019 he and the ADC's Lanlehin stepped down and backed Seyi Makinde (PDP) (Channels, 4 Mar 2019); Makinde won on 9 Mar 2019 with 515,621 votes. Whether his name stayed on the ballot and any votes he received were not found.
2021
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty membershipReviewed record
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Joined the APC with Ladoja's ZLP followers on 2 Mar 2021 (Daily Post; The Nation says 2021); won the APC Oyo South Senate ticket in 2022 and the APC governorship ticket on 21 May 2026; APC governorship candidate on INEC's final list (10 October 2026).
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2022
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2023 Senate primary
All Progressives Congress · Oyo South · Oyo
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Votes
- 185
- Recorded winner
- Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli
APC Oyo South senatorial primary re-run on Tuesday 31 May 2022 (a first round on the Sunday was voided over over-voting): Alli 185 votes, Kola-Daisi 145, Senator Kola Balogun 84, Bimbo Adekambi 72, one for Ayodeji Karim; 488 delegates accredited (Daily Post, 31 May 2022). Stored under the 2023 cycle. A rival primary challenge, Akanbi v. Alli, was dismissed (see legal records).
2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2023 Senate election
All Progressives Congress · Oyo South · Oyo
- Result
- Won
- Votes
- 111,513
- Recorded winner
- Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli
Declared winner on Monday 27 Feb 2023 with 111,513 votes to the PDP's Joseph Tegbe (92,481) and Accord's Kola-Daisi (33,641). Tegbe's petition was dismissed on 6 Sep 2023 (see legal records).
ElectedProfile record
Senator
Oyo South · Oyo
- Status
- Current term
- Party on this record
- APC
- Term
- 10th National Assembly
Committee & oversightReviewed record
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Electoral Matters
Chair · Senate
2024
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDHonours & recognitionReviewed record
Ekarun Balogun of Ibadanland
Elevated from Maye Balogun in August 2024; ThisDay used the title on 3 July 2026.
- Awarded by
- Olubadan of Ibadanland (Oba Owolabi Olakulehin)
- Category
- Chieftaincy title
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2025
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDCommittee & oversightReviewed record
Agricultural Colleges and Institutions
Chair · Senate
The end of this committee role is not recorded.
2026
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDHonours & recognitionReviewed record
Ekerin Balogun of Ibadanland
Elevated from Ekarun Balogun; Alli announced it on Saturday 19 September 2026 from Umrah, where he could not attend the ceremony.
- Awarded by
- Olubadan of Ibadanland (Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja)
- Category
- Chieftaincy title
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Party primaryReviewed record
2027 Governorship primary
All Progressives Congress · Oyo
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Recorded winner
- Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli
INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Oyo State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 5; INEC name: ALLI SHARAFADEEN ABIODUN; age 63; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC BACHELOR OF LAWS; running mate: Adedeji Adesoji Michael · Primary: declared for the governorship on Friday 17 April 2026 (Daily Post); won the APC direct primary held…
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Oyo State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 5; INEC name: ALLI SHARAFADEEN ABIODUN; age 63; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC BACHELOR OF LAWS; running mate: Adedeji Adesoji Michael · Primary: declared for the governorship on Friday 17 April 2026 (Daily Post); won the APC direct primary held across the state's 351 wards on Thursday 21 May 2026 against nine other aspirants including former Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu and Senator Abdulfatai Buhari (Oyoinsight, Premium Times, Leadership). Adelabu alleged misconduct in some wards while calling his own ward's exercise peaceful (Leadership, 22 May 2026). The APC did not formally publish vote counts: a viral tally (578,143 / 37,265 / 19,193) was dismissed as fake by the state party and called inaccurate by Premium Times, and Oyoinsight reported 91,824 for Alli and 7,532 for Adelabu from one unnamed source, so no votes are stored. Presented with the INEC nomination form at the APC's unveiling in Ibadan on Thursday 2 July 2026, where he named Adesoji Adedeji as running mate. INEC's list prints his name ALLI SHARAFADEEN ABIODUN (age 63, qualification FSLC, WAEC, Bachelor of Laws).
2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDCandidacyReviewed record
Contested for Governor
Oyo
- Status
- Contesting
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Education on record
Declared a First School Leaving Certificate, WAEC and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) to INEC (2023 and 2026 lists). His media adviser's profile says he studied law at the University of Ibadan (1986).
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Party membershipReviewed record
Labour Party (LP)
Labour Party deputy governorship candidate on the Alao-Akala ticket in April 2015 (Daily Trust 17 Sep 2017; Premium Times 12 Apr 2015). Join and exit dates not found; he was out of the LP by September 2017. He was in the ACN before this (his own account, Punch 2019).
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Honours & recognitionReviewed record
Maye Balogun of Ibadanland
Held by May 2022 (Daily Post); the year of conferment was not found. Elevated to Ekarun Balogun in August 2024.
- Awarded by
- Olubadan of Ibadanland
- Category
- Chieftaincy title
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Back in the PDP by September 2017 (Daily Trust, 17 Sep 2017) and a PDP governorship aspirant for 2019 (Daily Post, 16 Jan 2018). Earlier PDP office (state secretary 1998-99) rests on his media adviser's profile only. Left by December 2018. Join and exit dates not found.
An end date is not recorded for this membership.
Party membershipReviewed record
Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)
Named the Zenith Labour Party's substitute governorship candidate on the weekend of 1-2 Dec 2018 at Ladoja's request (Daily Post, 3 Dec 2018); the day he formally joined was not found. The Oyo ZLP collapsed its structure and moved to the APC on Tuesday 2 Mar 2021 (Daily Post).
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