Ekiti APC endorses Oyebanji for second term

Ekiti State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has passed a vote of confidence in Governor Biodun Oyebanji, with a resolution that he will be supported for a second term.

The resolution was taken yesterday during a meeting with the governor at the party’s secretariat in Ajilosun, Ado- Ekiti, where the extended executive council comprising the state working committee and leaders of the party across the 16 local governments reviewed the governor’s performance and endorsed him for a second term.

At the meeting, which was also attended by the Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, House of Assembly Speaker Adeoye Aribasoye, Special Adviser on Political and Inter- party Matters, Chief Jide Awe and other dignitaries, Chairman, APC Ado Local Government chapter, Mr Mike Akinleye, moved the motion for the endorsement of the governor for a second term and was seconded by the party’s state Secretary, Mr Sola Arogundade.

The Acting state Chairman of the party, Mr Sola Eleshin, said the state executives have resolved that the governor should continue in office beyond 2026, based on his superlative performance across board.

He acknowledged the visits of the governor at various ward meetings and his well formulated policies and programmes, which he said had brought succour to Ekiti people.

These, according to him, have made Oyebanji to govern seamlessly with attendant socio-economic development of the state and better life for the people.

Expressing the party’s backing for the governor, the acting APC state chairman called on members to brace for the task ahead by ensuring success in future elections at the local, state and national levels.

Governor Oyebanji thanked the leadership of the party, state working committee and his two predecessors,  Otunba Niyi Adebayo and Dr Kayode Fayemi, for their support in ensuring that his administration succeeds.

Speaking with reporters after the meeting, Governor Oyebanji said he was at the party secretariat to give account of his stewardship to the party that gave him the platform to run in the first instance, citing the need to balance politics with governance by being accountable to members and non-members of the party and ensuring that all and sundry feel the impact of government.