Garuba Adio writes that stakeholders across political parties’ divide in Ekiti State are mobilising towards the re-election of Governor AbiodunOyebanji of the All Progressives Congress in 2026.
By the time history of the current Fourth Republic will be written, a special mention will be made of the Governor of Ekiti State, AbiodunAbayomiOyebanji, popularly called BAO. While most Nigerians see the various activities that trail the second term bid of the governor which culminated in the governor’s recent nomination form’s submission in Abuja, as a mere political razzmatazz, I view it differently.
As someone with a strong link with Ekiti where I had my primary and secondary school education, I have always taken deep interest in the state and her political development. Between 1999 and 2022, the state could be grouped among the states that recorded the highest bad press, majorly because of rivalry and in-fighting within the political class.