2026: Rally For Oyebanji Doesn’t Foreclose Other Aspirants’ Ambition, Says Ekiti APC

2026: Rally For Oyebanji Doesn’t Foreclose Other Aspirants’ Ambition, Says Ekiti APC

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has said that Monday’s endorsement of President Bola Tinubu and Governor Biodun Oyebanji for a second term does not foreclose the ambition of other aspirants for the party’s governorship ticket.

APC State Publicity Secretary, Segun Dipe, said, “As we state repeatedly, such adoption should not foreclose the ambition of other aspirants within the party, who may wish to throw themselves into the ring. We are in a democracy and we are a party that plays according to the rules”.

Dipe, in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, urged party members interested in the governorship contest to come and test their might against that of the incumbent, adding, “Politics is a game of numbers, and our symbol is a broom, signifying unity.

“However, what we will frown at is for anyone to attempt to decimate our party with his or her ambition. You don’t have to crack the wall to enter, nor should you enter through the window. Come through the door and come clean with your ambition”.

He dismissed insinuation of discontent among the party leadership in the state, saying, “Our party is intact and formidable, our leaders are united in their resolve to see the incumbent, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, emerge for the second term, come 2026.

“The recent statewide adoption of both President Bola Tinubu and Oyebanji for a second term was politically correct and a welcome development.

“Our party might not have sponsored it, but we are not against it. Rather, we are happy to see it happen. We are, after all, the pacesetter and the party to beat both at the state and federal levels.

“We are not unmindful of the efforts of some enemies within and without to cause a crack within our party and enter us through it. We call them crisis merchants. They believe the only way they can benefit is to find faults in the relationships among our leaders and enlarge them through propaganda. But they will not succeed,” the APC spokesperson said.