Ekiti Central 2027: Bamidele wins APC ticket unopposed

The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ekiti Central Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 general election and his third term bid.

The Eagle Online reports that Bamidele’s emergence was unopposed and revealed in a list of duly screened senatorial aspirants in Ekiti State released by the APC National Organising Secretary, Alhaji Sulaiman Arugungu Monday night.

Other senatorial aspirants cleared in the state, according to Arugungu, include Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Adeyemi Adaramodu, former Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Biodun Olujimi and Hon. Bamidele Faparusi for Ekiti South.

The party, also, cleared Chairman, Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service, Senator Cyril Fasuyi; Senator Ayo Arise, Mr. Oladipupo Bamisaye and Chief Oluwadare Owolabi for Ekiti North.

The development was confirmed in a statement issued by Senator Bamidele Media Office on Monday.

With this nomination, Bamidele will again flag the party flag for Ekiti Central for the third time with the overwhelming endorsement by his constituents.

He first secured the party’s senatorial nomination in 2019 through a keenly contested primary election between him and the then incumbent senator, Mrs. Fatimat Raji-Rasaki.

He also clinched the party’s senatorial nomination unopposed in 2023 due to his outstanding performance in three core mandates of the parliament – legislation, representation and oversight.