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By Omeiza Ajayi
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed beardown assurance successful the All Progressives Congress APC to present a credible governorship superior and unafraid triumph successful the 2026 election.
The governor, who is seeking the party’s summons for a 2nd term, stated this connected Tuesday aft appearing earlier the APC Governorship Screening Committee, chaired by Hon. Tunji Olawuyi successful Abuja.
Oyebanji was the archetypal aspirant screened by the sheet astatine a edifice successful the Gwarinpa country of the superior city.
Arriving astatine the venue astir 10 a.m., Oyebanji’s credentials were scrutinized by committee members during a closed-door league that lasted astir 15 minutes.
Speaking afterward, helium commended the APC enactment for the creaseless arrangement, describing the process arsenic fair, transparent and a indispensable measurement to guarantee credibility.
“I indispensable commend the APC for putting this operation successful place. It volition prevention the enactment from a batch of problems. I person implicit assurance that the enactment volition get it right,” the politician said.
Oyebanji urged the party’s nationalist enactment to guarantee a level playing tract for each aspirants, stressing that those who standard the screening should beryllium fixed the accidental to merchantability their manifestos to members.
He besides expressed religion successful the committee that volition oversee the October 27 governorship primary, noting that the result would bespeak the volition of the people.
“This is lone the screening stage. Next comes the entreaty committee, the legislature committee, past the predetermination proper. Whoever emerges indispensable beryllium supported, due to the fact that it is not conscionable astir the aspirants, it is astir returning our enactment to powerfulness and serving the people,” helium added.
The APC Screening Committee is scheduled to interrogation each 4 aspirants seeking the party’s governorship summons betwixt Tuesday and Wednesday.
Oyebanji was accompanied to the venue by salient governmental associates and leaders, including Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (Ekiti South), Senator Cyril Fasuyi (Ekiti North), Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adeoye Aribasoye, Hon. Kolawole Akinlayo, AVM Niyi Ojuawo (rtd.), Hon. Wunmi Ogunlola, Hon. Bimbo Daramola, Hon. Ibrahim Olanrewaju, Prince Wole Ajakaiye, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, Hon. Segun Dipe, and Engr. Dipo Bamisaye of the EKSU Alumni Support Group, among others.
The station Ekiti 2026: Oyebanji confident, demands fairness for each up of primaries appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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