Ekiti 2026: PDP will defeat Oyebanji, others — Marketing campaign group

The marketing campaign organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate within the June 20, 2026, election in Ekiti State, Dr Wole Oluyede, has expressed confidence that the occasion and its candidate will overcome all challenges and defeat different contenders within the ballot.

Different candidates within the election embrace the incumbent governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress; a former Nigerian Excessive Commissioner to Canada, Mr Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Congress; and an oil and fuel magnate, Dr Olusegun Osinkolu of the Younger Individuals’s Party.

The Director-Basic of the Wole Oluyede Marketing campaign Council, Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe, mentioned Oluyede would overcome “all obstacles positioned in his path by political opponents and vested pursuits decided to retain the APC in energy.”

In an announcement made obtainable to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Sunday by the marketing campaign’s Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, Ogundipe mentioned that regardless of what he described as calculated makes an attempt by sure political actors and contractors to derail Oluyede’s ambition, the PDP candidate remained targeted on reclaiming energy for the good thing about Ekiti residents.

“Dr Oluyede convincingly received the PDP major election. Though that victory was challenged by an aggrieved aspirant and subsequently nullified by a decrease court docket, the occasion’s candidate will finally prevail.

“The PDP and its governorship candidate have filed an software for a keep of execution of the judgment and have additionally lodged an enchantment. This ensures that our marketing campaign can proceed with out hindrance,” he mentioned.

Ogundipe dismissed claims that the PDP was completed or incapable of fielding a candidate within the election, describing such assertions as untimely.

“These setbacks are momentary. After a darkish night time comes an excellent daybreak. The challenges confronting us are mere distractions and won’t derail our march in the direction of the Ekiti Authorities Home. Neither Oluyede nor the PDP will be stopped,” he acknowledged.

He described the June 20, 2026, governorship election as a direct contest between the folks of Ekiti, represented by Oluyede, and the incumbent governor.

Ogundipe urged PDP members and supporters of the candidate to stay steadfast, prayerful and united, assuring them that Oluyede would surmount what he known as deliberate obstacles positioned in his path by the APC and its brokers.

Recall that the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee had excluded Oluyede’s identify from the record of 12 candidates cleared to take part within the election, following a judgment of the Federal Excessive Court docket sitting in Ado Ekiti, which nullified the PDP major election that produced him and ordered a contemporary major.

Nevertheless, Oluyede and the PDP have appealed the court docket judgment and in addition approached the court docket to compel INEC to incorporate his identify on the poll, expressing confidence that he would take part within the election and emerge victorious.

The PDP has accused the APC and Governor Oyebanji of orchestrating efforts to take away opposition contenders from the race, alleging worry of a aggressive election.

However the APC Publicity Secretary in Ekiti State, Mr Segun Dipe, has repeatedly denied the allegation, insisting that his occasion had no hand in Oluyede’s exclusion.

“It isn’t in our curiosity for any candidate to be disqualified. We wish all events to take part in order that we are able to safe a landslide victory,” Dipe mentioned.