Group Wants Ekiti Deputy Governorship Ticket Given To Another 

… Says Current Ekiti Deputy Governor Is An Illiterate, A Liability 

By Joseph Sunday 

An Ekiti political group known as Concerned APC Patriots, CAP, is already canvassing that the position of the Deputy Governorship Candidate to incumbent Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji should be given to another person ahead of the 2026 polls. 

The group stated the above in a press release signed by its Convener, Joshua Ademola in Ado Ekiti recently, where the incumbent Deputy Governor, Monisade Afuye was described as an illiterate and a liability to the State. 

In his own words, the Group’s Convener, Joshua Ademola said, “we wish to completely reject the nomination of the Deputy Governor, Monisade Afuye, as the running mate of Governor Biodun Oyebanji for the 2026 gubernatorial election.

The group went on to also described Afuye’s nomination like putting a square peg in a round hole, and declare that she lacks the capacity for the office of the Deputy Governor.

Explaining further, the group revealed that several important events and meetings the Deputy Governor ought to represent in the absence of Mr Governor in Abuja have been left unattended to. 

They condemned the scenario where such States assignments are delegated to other officers of government or abandoned.

The statement reads, “We are of the view that in a state renowned for being one that parades most educated people, it has become embarrassing that someone whose educational qualifications are questionable is being paraded as the Deputy Governor.

“We believe that Afuye’s current election as Deputy Governor was a mistake which should not be allowed to repeat itself by making sure a more educated and capable individual is nominated to replace her.

“She has been a liability to the administration in the last three years, no positive contribution as expected from the deputy governor, which has been unsettling to the party and government.

“The position of a Deputy Governor is so strategic, apart from being a co-pilot with the governor; he/she can become governor in the absence of the Governor, which is why the party cannot afford to nominate an unfit person for the position.

“We must state that we are not opposed to nominating another woman and we are not opposed to a nomination zoned to Ekiti South Senatorial District, nor are we opposed to micro zoning the position to Ikere Ekiti.”

They warned that nominating Afuye could have devastating adverse consequences for the party in the coming election and urged the party to scout for Afuye’s replacement.

Credit: Vanguard Newspaper