Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- The Deputy Senate Leader, Lola Ashiru, has declared his intention to contest for the Kwara governorship seat in the 2027 general elections.

Mr Ashiru, who is the senator for the Kwara South District, made his intention known while receiving executive members of the Correspondents' Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kwara State, at his Offa country home.

"I am going to contest because I believe I have the best of credentials to rule Kwara State for the next four years, starting in 2027, and I believe I probably understand the people and the place called Kwara because I have been here longer than any contestant", he said.

The current governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, is from the central senatorial distri...