Ekiti 2026: Oyebanji urges unity among APC members

By Lateef Ibrahim with agency report

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, yesterday called on his supporters to embrace all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC ) ahead of the June 20, 2026, governorship election.
Oyebanji, who spoke in Ado Ekiti while addressing supporters at an event on Thursday, as part of the celebration of his third year in office, said the interest of others in the APC governorship ticket was normal.
The governor, who described the contest for the APC governorship ticket as a family contestation, added that there was “no victor, no loser” following the resolution.
It would be recalled that four APC members, including Governor Oyebanji, Kayode Ojo, Abimbola Olawumi, and Mrs Atinuke Oluremi Omolayo, showed interest in the party ticket.
The APC National Working Committee cleared Oyebanji and Omolayo for the party’s primary slated for October 27 and disqualified Ojo and Olawumi.
The party, also in a statement on Tuesday, disclosed Omolayo’s withdrawal from the contest, thus paving the way for Oyebanji as the APC consensus candidate for the primary.
The governor, in the brief remark, said, “Let me advise our party members that as we move towards the primary election, the party is one, no winner, no loser. I don’t want abusive songs; I don’t want anybody to be abused.
“All of us want to serve the Ekiti people. It is not an offence to be ambitious; every right-thinking Ekiti citizen has the right to the office of the governor of Ekiti State. But it is God the puts one in power.
“So, nobody has won in this battle, all of us have won, there is no loser. I am just pleading with all our party members, all those that are singing, do not abuse anybody.
“As far as I am concerned, I am not begrudging anybody, because the contest happened within the same party, it is not that they have gone to another party, so it is a family contestation, and once it is resolved, all of us have to come together to ensure the family goes on,” Oyebanji said.