Pelumi Olajengbesi, the Accord Party candidate for Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency in Osun State, has said the political reconciliation that followed the 2026 governorship election could create a pathway for supporters of President Bola Tinubu to mobilise more than one million votes for him in the state in the 2027 presidential election.

Olajengbesi made the statement on Saturday after meeting Seyi Tinubu, the president's son, describing the one-million-vote figure as a political mobilisation target rather than an election result or projection.

The lawyer, who also served as spokesperson for the Imole Campaign Council that worked for Governor Ademola Adeleke's re-election, linked the target to what he described as reconciliation among political interests in Osun and Adeleke's continued support for Tinubu's second-term bid.

"With the reconciliation achieved in Osun State and the commitment expressed by Governor Ademola Adeleke towards President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our political objective is clear: to mobilise over one million votes for President Tinubu in Osun State in the next presidential election," Olajengbesi said.

His comments come weeks after Adeleke secured a second term as Osun governor on the platform of the Accord Party.

Adeleke polled 511,067 votes in the August 15 governorship election, defeating Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, who received 444,815 votes. Najeem Salaam of the African Democratic Congress finished third with 17,180 votes.

The governor, who won his first term in 2022 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party before later joining Accord, publicly reaffirmed his support for Tinubu following his re-election.

In an interview after the governorship election, Adeleke said there was no political agreement behind his support for the president, explaining that his decision was based on his view that Tinubu, as a South-West president serving his first term, should be allowed another term.

He also indicated that he would be willing to work with political figures from the APC in Osun in support of Tinubu when presidential campaigning begins.

Olajengbesi's latest statement places that position within a broader mobilisation effort ahead of 2027.

The Accord candidate also praised Seyi Tinubu following their meeting, describing him as supportive of greater youth participation in governance and political leadership.

Olajengbesi said the president's son had engaged young people, supported political aspirations and helped expand opportunities for younger Nigerians seeking a greater role in public life.

His remarks are political assessments made in support of Tinubu and do not represent an independent measurement of voter sentiment in Osun.

The one-million-vote target would also represent a substantial increase on Tinubu's performance in Osun during the 2023 presidential election.

Tinubu, then the APC presidential candidate, received 343,945 votes in Osun, finishing behind Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, who polled 354,366 votes.

Olajengbesi's target therefore amounts to almost three times the number of votes Tinubu received in the state in 2023.

However, the political environment ahead of 2027 is different from that of four years earlier.

Adeleke, who remains governor under Accord, has openly endorsed Tinubu's re-election despite the two men belonging to different political parties.

Olajengbesi is also contesting the Obokun/Oriade House of Representatives seat on the Accord platform while expressing support for the APC presidential candidate.

The situation reflects the cross-party political alliances developing in Osun ahead of the general election, where support for a presidential candidate may not necessarily translate into support for candidates of the same party in National Assembly or state contests.

Olajengbesi himself has become increasingly visible in the build-up to the 2027 House of Representatives election.

He emerged as Accord's candidate for Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency and is campaigning under the ITURA 2027 platform.

Earlier in September, Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, publicly expressed support for Olajengbesi's House of Representatives ambition during a meeting in Ibadan.

Afrobeats singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has also publicly backed his candidacy.

Olajengbesi previously contested for the Obokun/Oriade seat in 2019 and has remained active in grassroots political mobilisation in Osun.

His latest comments, however, shift attention from his constituency contest to the presidential election and the emerging relationship between political actors around Adeleke and those supporting Tinubu.

Osun had more than 2.3 million registered voters during the 2026 governorship election, with more than 1.9 million Permanent Voter Cards collected, according to figures reported from the electoral commission.

That provides the numerical background against which Olajengbesi has set the one-million-vote mobilisation target.

Whether such a target can be achieved will ultimately depend on voter choices in the presidential election.

For now, Olajengbesi's statement signals an intention by a section of the Accord political structure in Osun to campaign for Tinubu at the presidential level while pursuing its own candidates in other races.

As political alignments continue to take shape ahead of 2027, the arrangement is likely to remain one of the more closely watched features of Osun politics.