CIPA Hails Oyebanji’s Historic Re-election, Rallies Ekiti Behind Tinubu for 2027

By Joseph Sunday 

The Citizens in Politics Assembly (CIPA), a leadership development and ethical governance support group under the All Progressives Congress (APC), has congratulated Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji on his landslide re-election victory in Ekiti State, describing it as a historic mandate.

In a statement issued on Friday, CIPA said Oyebanji’s victory has rewritten Ekiti’s political history, and used the moment to declare its full support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.

Governor Oyebanji swept all 16 local government areas in Saturday’s governorship election, polling 319,224 votes to defeat his closest rival, Wole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by a margin of nearly eight to one.

The result makes Oyebanji the first governor in Ekiti’s history to secure back-to-back wins, and only the second candidate ever to win every council area in the state, a feat last achieved by Ayodele Fayose in 2014.

“This is not just a victory, it is a verdict,” CIPA said in the statement. “Ekiti people have looked at four years of bold governance and answered with one voice.”

The group said the scale of the win speaks for itself, noting that the APC won in every single LGA, including the home bases of both rival candidates, in what it called a rare and emphatic show of trust.

“Where others talk, Governor Oyebanji built,” CIPA stated, citing unprecedented strides in infrastructure, human capital and economic development across the state during his first term.

Turning to the national stage, CIPA urged Ekiti voters to carry the same momentum into the 2027 general elections, calling on the electorate to deliver a similar landslide for President Tinubu and all APC candidates.

“Ekiti has shown Nigeria what loyalty to performance looks like,” the statement read. “Now we take that same spirit nationwide. 2027 is not just an election, it is a continuation.”

CIPA reaffirmed its alignment with the APC and its mission of citizen mobilization, leadership development, civic education and public accountability at all levels of government.

“CIPA is committed to demonstrating that governance can be conducted with integrity, that leadership can be guided by principle, and that citizens have a constructive role in shaping Nigeria’s democratic future,” the group stated.

The organization called on members of the public, stakeholders and partners across the country to join its nationwide mobilization drive ahead of 2027.

Source: Ayodele Abere, Director of Media, Citizens in Politics Assembly (CIPA)