MOB Visits Ekiti APC State Secretariat, Donates Coaster Bus 

… Says Oyebanji Remains Ekiti Consensus Candidate 

By Joseph Sunday 

The Leader of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele has visited the All Progressives Congress State Secretariat in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State and donated a white coaster bus to the State Executive Council of the party in the State.

Speaking during the visit, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele restated his earlier  position that the incumbent Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji remains the consensus candidate of the party in the State ahead of Monday, October 27th, 2025 primary election of the party. 

Bamidele used the opportunity to inform the gathering that Engineer Kayode Ojo will soon collapse his structures to join the campaigns of the Incumbent Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji to secure victory for the party ahead of 2026 governorship poll.

Recall that Kayode Ojo was disqualified by the National Working Committee of the Party for not meeting up with some requirements. 

Earlier on Friday, some of the loyalists of Engineer Kayode Ojo in their numbers stormed the national headquarters of the party in Abuja, demanding for his reinstatement as an Aspirant to contest in the party’s primary election slated for October 27.

However, speaking with journalists at the state’s Secretariat in Ado-Ekiti, Bamidele said Kayode Ojo confidentially told him that President Bola Tinubu summoned him and advised to work with the incumbent Governor of the state.

His words, “Engr Kayode Ojo told me that Tinubu has talked to him to stay down, go back home and make peace. 

“He told me that he didn’t go to court to seek redress because of the President’s advice and I gave him a hug. Ojo will come home as advised by Tinubu to ensure smooth campaign.

“I’m convinced he’s going to work closely with the party to ensure that we get what we want and give the Governor the honour he deserves.”