Ahead of the 2027 general elections, professionals, students, elders and others under the aegis of One Kwara Agenda (OKA) have urged politicians in Kwara State not to weaponise ethnicity to divide the state.

Convener of OKA, Dr Femi Adetola, told journalists in Ilorin, the state capital, while inaugurating the group.

Rather, Dr Adetola called on politicians to campaign on ideas not on fear or ancestry.

He said: "We call on Kwara citizens to reject identity politics, and to demand competence, fairness, and unity.

"We call on our traditional rulers and religious leaders to speak the truth boldly, and to be bridges, not barricades.

"We fervently call on the media to shape narratives that build, not break and to be custodians of cohesion."

"Kwara cannot develop when it is at war with itself. A house divided cannot stand. The One Kwara Agenda is not just a slogan it is a moral imperative, a generational responsibility, and a political necessity. We must rise above the temptation to divide what providence has joined.

"We are ordinary citizens professionals, students, market women, clerics, elders, and youths. We are neither enemies of any region nor agents of any political party. We are patriots who believe that a Kwara divided is a Kwara denied denied of growth, peace, and development.

"So that posterity may judge us well, and so that we may not be said to be silent while ethnic jingoists dominate and hold sway, we hereby, this day, lend our voices to the noble call on politicians to stop weaponizing our diversity."