Oyebanji tasks Ekiti APC on total support for Tinubu’s re-election in 2027
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has charged leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State to remain united and mobilise total support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election.
Oyebanji gave the charge on Monday at an APC stakeholders’ meeting held at the Lady Jibowu Hall, Government House, Ado Ekiti, where an eight-member committee was set up to oversee preparations for the ward, local government and State congresses scheduled for September this year. The committee is headed by the Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission, Alaba Abejide.
Addressing the stakeholders at the meeting, Governor Oyebanji explained that the congress would be crucial to the party’s preparation for the December local government election and the 2027 general elections. He urged the stakeholders to embrace unity and inclusivity to stabilise and strengthen the party at the grassroots. The governor stressed that the forthcoming congresses must be handled in a manner that would accommodate all interests within the party, noting that a peaceful, transparent and inclusive process would further strengthen the APC at the grassroots and fortify the stability which the party currently enjoys in the state.
While commending the leaders and members of the party for their collective efforts and unity that produced victory for the party in the June 20 governorship election, the governor said the congresses must be conducted in a way that would position the party for victories in successive elections beyond 2030. Governor Oyebanji said, “We have broken the jinx of consecutive tenure; we have to break another jinx when I leave in 2030, another APC person must emerge, and the foundation for that is these congresses. “This congress has implications for a lot of things; it has implications for the local government election in December, and it has implications for the presidential and the national and state assemblies in January and February, respectively. We have a tradition that has worked for us, and that is what we are still going to follow. The leaders must do everything to ensure that we have a strong party that will, in another four years, produce another governor.”
Speaking further, Governor Oyebanji said he had absolute confidence in Abejide’s ability to do a good job. “Once again I appeal to us all that we need to give our best to our President; he has been so good to us, he has been extremely supportive, and this is the only opportunity to say thank you,” he added.
