{"id":193819,"date":"2026-02-07T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/iyabo-obasanjo-joins-apc-calls-it-natural-home"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:58:56","slug":"iyabo-obasanjo-joins-apc-calls-it-natural-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/iyabo-obasanjo-joins-apc-calls-it-natural-home","title":{"rendered":"Iyabo Obasanjo Joins APC Calls It Natural Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Daughter of former Nigeria President, Prof. Iyabo Obasanjo, has confirmed her membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the party as her \u201cnatural home\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Iyabo made the confirmation on Saturday<\/p>\n<p>in an interview with Nigerian legend, Segun Odegbami on his 103.7FM Eagle7 Sports, monitored by our correspondent in Abeokuta.<\/p>\n<p>She returned to active politics after about 15 years and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections in Ogun State.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the interview, the former senator confirmed that she is returning to politics after \u201cpressure\u201d from her supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I told you, a group of people who I did not bring together, I did not form them into a group, have been working, I think, for two years now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then they started talking to me about a year ago, saying, \u2018Look, we think you are the best candidate. We want you back,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the former Ogun State Commissioner for Health lost her re-election bid in 2011 to Senator Gbenga Obadara of the then Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).<\/p>\n<p>She subsequently returned to the United States to pursue her academic career, rising to the rank of professor.<\/p>\n<p>The former commissioner said she could not return to the PDP, where she last contested for election, due to \u201call kinds of turmoil\u201d in the party.<\/p>\n<p>Iyabo hinted that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) was another option for her, but noted that the coalition party does not have its \u201cducks in a row yet; they\u2019re still working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before choosing to join the APC, the former senator said, she made wide consultations, stressing that everyone who contacted her and helped her go back into politics are now in the APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I think APC is my natural home. I don\u2019t have any animosity towards any individual or any group within the APC. I feel comfortable with all the actors I know within the APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel more comfortable, actually, than with some of the actors I know in the PDP, and some of them are now in the ADC. So I think it\u2019s my natural home. I feel quite confident and happy to have made that decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have an absolute 100% feeling it\u2019s my natural home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>t Iyabo, who represented Ogun Central Senatorial District between 2007 and 2011, participated in the ongoing APC e-registration exercise at Ibogun, Ward 11, in Ifo Local Government Area of the state, effectively sealing her membership of the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Daughter of former Nigeria President, Prof. Iyabo Obasanjo, has confirmed her membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the party as her \u201cnatural home\u201d. Iyabo made the confirmation on Saturday in an interview with Nigerian legend, Segun Odegbami on his 103.7FM Eagle7 Sports, monitored by our correspondent in Abeokuta. 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