Nigeria, May 1 -- Tolu Odebiyi, a former senator who represented Ogun West Senatorial District from 2019 to 2023, has purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the 2027 senatorial election.

Mr Odebiyi completed the purchase of the forms on Thursday at the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja. His media office announced the development in a statement shortly afterwards.

The former senator failed to return to the National Assembly in 2023 after losing the APC primary election to Adeola Olamilekan, who is now the party's consensus candidate to succeed Governor Dapo Abiodun.

People who are familiar with Ogun State politics say APC leaders may be positioning Mr Odebiyi to replace Mr Olamilekan i...