Ekiti: Disquiet As Fayemi’s Man, Oyebanji, Beats Two Tinubu Men In APC Primary

The immediate past Secretary to Ekiti State Government, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has been declared winner of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ekiti State.

However, his emergence was preceded with stringent opposition from rivals who alleged that the process had been skewed to favour him. Oyebanji has been variously accused of being the favoured aspirant of the outgoing governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

Two of the seven aspirants who protested against the process earlier in the day, Senator Bamidele Opeyemi and Senator Dayo Adeyeye are also alleged to be associates of APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The Chairman of the committee for the primary election, Governor Mohammed Badaru of Jigawa State announced that Oyebanji polled 101,703 votes to defeat seven other contestants in the Ekiti APC governorship primary.

A total number of 107,877 thousand voters were accredited for the exercise out of which 104,983 voted.

Though the seven other aspirants with their supporters had in the morning thronged the party secretariat to protest irregularities in the conduct of the party primary, the primary still held at most of the designated wards.

The aggrieved Ekiti APC governorship aspirants claimed the process was manipulated to favour Mr Oyebanji who is tagged Governor Kayode Fayemi’s preferred choice by distributing voting materials earlier than scheduled among other grounds.

They warned that the controversial primary will not be acceptable and may spell doom for the party.

Earlier in the day,   Oyebanji described the process of the primary as flawless, disagreeing with claims that he’s the closest and most favoured by the governor among all the aspirants.

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