2027: Ex-APM, SDP, PDP candidates supporting Tinubu, he'll get 80% Ekiti votes – Oyebanji

The Governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji, on Thursday assured President Bola Tinubu that the previous governorship candidates of the Social Democratic Party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Allied Peoples Movement, APM, are supporting his reelection bid.

Speaking in the course of the APC’s Ekiti State 2027 presidential marketing campaign rally, the governor stated no President has been pretty much as good to the folks of the state as Tinubu.

Oyebanji stated, “Mr President, Ekiti people have spoken and we have listened to the candidates of the SDP, PDP, and APM that we contested the June governorship election together, all three of them are now united to ensure that we deliver Mr President in January.

“I stand to be corrected that because the creation of Ekiti State, no President has been this good to Ekiti folks. In May this 12 months, Mr President despatched the Vice President to Ekiti twice for us to fee some initiatives and to marketing campaign. He despatched the Vice President with one easy message – if we have been pleased with the efficiency of the governor, please return his promise.

“On June 20, the opportunity presented itself, you filed out and returned APC with an unprecedented vote of 85.7 percent, it has never happened in the history of this state, that victory is not for me; it’s for Bola Tinubu, it’s APC’s victory.

“You advised the President that you’re pleased with what he has performed within the final 4 years, proof stated I’ll do extra for Ekiti on one situation – return me again because the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

Oyebanji assured Tinubu to relax because he will get 80 percent votes from Ekiti State.

He added: “Mr Vice President sir, our message to Mr President is that ‘ki received lofokan bale,’ there is no such thing as a drawback in Ekiti State. We have made up our thoughts that come January 16, we’re going to double the tally of what we did in June this 12 months.

“Ekiti is united and I have all the candidates of other political parties that contested with me here, all our former governors, Fayose, Niyi Adebayo, Fayemi are physically present here. Oni sent his apologies, I can say this boldly here that there is no problem in Ekiti.

“We will return the President with nothing lower than 80 p.c of the votes and that could be a cost to Ekiti folks.”