Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti, on Monday formally emerged because the All Progressive Congress, APC, candidate for subsequent yr’s gubernatorial election.
He emerged, by means of a preferred voice votes, echoed by a complete of 885 delegates, who had been elected on Saturday throughout the 177 Electoral Wards within the 16 Native Authorities Areas of the state.
DAILY POST stories that his adoption, came about on the Ekiti State Pavilion, situated alongside the brand new Iyin highway, Ado-Ekiti, by way of a preferred consensus.
Kick-starting the train, Senate Chief, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, moved the movement for Oyebanji’s nomination and adoption, as consensus candidate, whereas incumbent Speaker of Ekiti Meeting , Adeoye Aribasoye, seconded
With the event, Oyebanji grew to become the primary governor underneath the banner of APC. within the state, to win the occasion’s candidature, again to again for the reason that inception of the present democratic dispensation.
Talking earlier in a gap handle, Gov Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State, who doubles as Chairman of Affirmation Congress Committee, stated the choice by the occasion to reach at a consensus association was principally an in-house occasion’s alternative of method, and a collective efforts, that was devoid of any type of colouration.
” I can inform this gathering that the choice by our nice occasion to undertake Oyebanji isn’t a product of imposition, however a option to enable the great works that the APC authorities in Ekiti has been doing, and to date recorded, to proceed”, he stated.
The Nationwide Chairman of All Progressive Congress, APC, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, had earlier on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, inaugurated a 11-man Consensus Committee for the occasion’s major election within the State.
He had knowledgeable that the committee, chaired by Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo, and deputised by his Edo counterpart, Monday Okpebholo, would conduct the affirmation of Oyebanji, as the only real candidate of the occasion for 2026 gubernatorial ballot.
Talking on the occasion’s secretariat in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, Nentawe stated the affirmation, could be carried out by the 885 delegates, throughout the 16 native authorities areas of the State .
Nentawe, represented by Deputy Nationwide Organising Secretary, Nze Chidi Duru, hailed the end result of the delegates’ ballot, earlier carried out on Saturday, and in addition counseled the management fashion of Oyebanji, which he stated had endeererd the individuals to him.
He additionally requested the delegates to embrace peace forward and after the consensus election.
In his acceptance speech, Oyebanji thanked President Bola Tinubu and different prime brass of the occasion, particularly the Senate Chief and Ekiti nationwide meeting caucus, present Ekiti Speaker, former governors Niyi Adebayo and spouse, in addition to Kayode Fayemi, together with each members of the occasion.
“I hereby settle for this honour to fly the flag of our nice occasion within the subsequent yr’s gubernatorial election, arising within the state, and I’ll by no means take this honour as a right.
” That is historic, within the sense that that is the primary time any ruling occasion could be doing this for any of it’s governor in energy.
” Be relaxation assured that this gesture is not going to go unappreciated.
“To my opponents within the race, be assured that there isn’t a victor nor vanquished. We’re within the race collectively, and the occasion belongs to all of us.
” Please, let’s come collectively to raise Ekiti, as I’m ever able to embrace everybody, with out segregation. I plead that every one types of character assassination, cyber bullying, abuses on social media ought to cease”, he stated.
