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  • Ekiti Governor-elect, Oyebanji visits Fayose in Lagos

    Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos residence of former Governor of the State, Mr Ayodele Fayose.

    Oyebanji  mentioned that  the visit was to extend his courtesies to Fayose as a former governor of the state, who, according to him, demonstrated statesmanship by congratulating him shortly after he was declared winner of the June 18 election.

    On his part, Fayose, urged the Governor-elect  to be magnanimous in victory and see himself as a servant leader who has a listening ear.

    Continuing , fayose advised Oyebanji to accomodate every well meaning Ekiti people regardless of party affiliation.

    Oyebanji had earlier gone on a thank you visit to the Governor of the State, Dr Kayode Fayemi in Ado-Ekiti, a day after the incumbent Governor led two other APC governors to visit him at his Ikogosi Ekiti country home.

    The Governor-elect has also visited the first civilian Governor of the state, currently Minister of Investments, Trade and Industry, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, at his Iyin-Ekiti country home earlier in the week.

    He had earlier also visited Chief Deji Fasuan, the nonagenarian elder statesman who chaired the committee for the creation of Ekiti State, under whom he served as Secretary (to the committee) as well as the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, HRM, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe.

    Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, fondly called BAO, is a politician and member of the All Progressives Congress, who was born on December 21, 1967 in Ikogosi-Ekiti, Ekiti State. He is 54.

    Biodun Oyebanji is the immediate past Secretary to Ekiti Government.

  • US eulogize INEC over conduct of Ekiti Governorship poll

    The United States Mission in Nigeria has praised the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) for its effort in conducting a very peaceful and rancour free governorship election in Ekiti state.

    The U.S Mission in Lagos made this known in a statement made available to Newsmen in the state on Thursday evening.

    Recall that INEC declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, winner of the election.

    According to the mission, INEC’s efforts helped to facilitate a secure election with a credible outcome.

    “We note the election’s technical improvements including that the newly adopted Bi-modal Verification Accreditation System (BVAS) functioned properly in the vast majority of polling stations,” it stated.

    The mission also encouraged all citizens of Nigeria to register to vote as the country moved towards national elections in 2023.

  • Ekiti 2022: Dep. Gov. credits Biodun’s victory to support of the people

    Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, Ekiti Deputy Governor, has credited the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate Mr Biodun Oyebanji, in last Saturday’s governorship election to the overwhelming support of the people.

    Egbeyemi, in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Odunayo Ogunmola, on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, said that he was particularly delighted with the impressive performance of APC in Ado Ekiti, his home town, where the party won with a wide margin.

    He said that the victory recorded wouldn’t have been possible without the massive votes of the electorate who kept faith with the party.

    Egbeyemi said that the choice of Oyebanji as the next governor of the state was a reward for Gov. Kayode Fayemi and his team’s hard work, which had been repaid with another mandate for APC.

    Describing APC’s victory at the poll as very heartwarming, the deputy governor expressed delight that the party eventually broke the jinx of lack of victory in Ado-Ekiti and that of APC’s failure to win the governorship election back-to-back.

    He commended the leaders and members of the party for their efforts, particularly in all the 13 wards in Ado-Ekiti, which made the victory possible.

    The deputy governor lauded party faithful for selling the candidacy of Oyebanji and the ideals of the party in all parts of Ado-Ekiti, including the metropolis, the suburbs, farmsteads and hamlets.

    He also commended the electorate for trooping out en masse and enduring the inconveniences of the day to exercise their franchise in favour of APC.

    The deputy governor noted that the party’s brilliant performance at the governorship poll was a precursor to victory in next year’s in the House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate and presidential elections.

    He urged party leaders not to relent in their efforts, as the general elections draw nearer, saying that they should work harder for the party to maintain its winning streak.

    “The victory was made possible by the electorate, who stood by our party and gave the governor-elect their mandate.

    “They trooped out in large numbers and endured the inconveniences of the day to vote for our party.

    “What happened last Saturday was made possible by the people, the voters. They helped us to break the jinx in Ado-Ekiti and other towns in the state by electing our party back-to-back, which is unprecedented,” he said.