Ekiti Guber: We’ll Deliver 90 percent of Total Votes Cast - Senate Leader.

Ekiti Guber: We’ll Deliver 90 percent of Total Votes Cast - Senate Leader.

…As APC Inaugurates Campaign Council for Oyebanji’s re-election.

The 57-member Ekiti APC Governorship Election Campaign Council was inaugurated in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, with a pledge by the Chairman of the Council and Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will secure not less than 90 percent of the total votes cast in the June 20, governorship election in the State.

Senator Bamidele who noted the pedigree of  each member of the council, said they were carefully selected to ensure victory for the party and its flagbearer, Governor Biodun Oyebanji.

He said members of the campaign council would work assiduously across the State, mobilise voters and consolidate on the achievements of the Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji administration to ensure the party wins overwhelmingly at the June election.

Stressing that Governor Oyebanji has made the work of the Campaign Council a lot easier through his people-oriented programmes and impressive performance, Senator Bamidele said the APC will not only win the coming election, but would record an unprecedentedly huge numbers of votes.

He explained that Ekiti State has enjoyed cohesion, peace, stability politically and socially since the inception of the Oyebanji’s administration, adding that the Governor has provided transformative leadership that accommodates the interests of all regardless of political, ideological and religious affiliations.

Speaking further, the Senate Leader also hinted that the party has also designed a mobilisation plan to deliver at least 10 million votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the Southwest and would use the Ekiti election as a platform to demonstrate its strength and readiness ahead of the 2027 presidential poll.

While urging members of the campaign council and party members to remain united, intensify grassroots mobilisation and work collectively to achieve the target of securing 90 percent of the votes cast at the poll, the Senate leader stressed that consistent efforts and commitment would be essential to securing a decisive win.

Senator Bamidele said: “We are all witnesses to enviable governance records that have been achieved since this journey started in October 2022. Within this timeframe, Ekiti State has enjoyed cohesion, peace and stability, politically and socially. Governor Oyebanji has been providing transformative leadership that accommodates the interests of all regardless of their political, ideological and religious affiliations and because of this, will not only ensure victory for our party, we will also ensure that our party will record at least 90 percent of the total votes cast in the election”. He stated.

In his remarks, Governor Oyebanji, who thanked the leadership of the party for ensuring the campaign council is inclusive and representative of all stakeholders, said the arrangement would further strengthen the party’s unity and provide a solid foundation for a successful campaign.

The Governor promised that his campaign will be focused on issues, conducted decently and violence free.

Warning against complacency or assuming victory before the polls, Governor Oyebanji said the target is to secure over 500,000 votes, emphasizing that this would further reflect the confidence of the electorate in his leadership as well as in the performance of the APC-led government.

“I must thank the party for putting list together, I am grateful to you because it is inclusive and touches all sectors, I am so happy that the party did a very good job.. As your candidate, I stand here to affirm to you that our campaign will be issue- based, it will be decent, matured and violence free. We have enough to campaign with and we are going to campaign on the strength of the President and our performance at this level.

“I want to reiterate, because I keep hearing people say something like you don’t have problem, you have won.  I don’t want us to go along that line. We should approach this election as if we are the underdog, I am pleading with all of us, we should give this election the seriousness it deserves. We want to make a statement on June 20. We want tell Mr President that come 2027, we shall deliver an unprecedented huge number of votes. Our target for this coming election, as a party is nothing less than 500,000 votes. So, we cannot afford to be complacent, the Governor stated.

The State Chairman of the Party, Barr. Sola Elesin had earlier in his welcome address, charged members to actively engage with the grassroots across the state, stressing that direct interaction with voters is very key in building support for the party and its candidate.

He also called on political appointees and office holders to provide full support to the council, stressing that every stakeholder had a role to play in ensuring the campaign’s success.

Also at the event were, the Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adeoye Aribasoye,  members of the National and State House of Assembly, members of the state executive council, local government chairmen, representatives of youths and students bodies.