Tinubu: Popular Ex-PDP Governor Candidate Realigns Ahead of 2027
- PDP governorship candidate Dr Wole Oluyede visited Governor Biodun Oyebanji in Lagos on Thursday to discuss unity and the future of Ekiti State
- Oluyede pledged to personally lead grassroots campaigns across all 16 local government areas in Ekiti to deliver votes for President Tinubu in 2027
- The meeting was described as a return visit after Oyebanji came to see Oluyede the day after the June 20 governorship election
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Dr Wole Oluyede, the Peoples Democratic Party's governorship candidate in the June 20, 2026, Ekiti State election, has held a meeting with Governor Biodun Oyebanji in Lagos, declaring his readiness to set aside party lines and support President Bola Tinubu's bid for re-election in 2027.
Oluyede, in a statement released in Ado Ekiti on Friday, described the Lagos meeting, which was held on Thursday, as a follow-up to an earlier visit Oyebanji paid him on June 21, the day after the governorship election.
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Oluyede said:
"Governor Oyebanji came to visit me on June 21, immediately after the election. We discussed Ekiti and how we could all come together as brothers to move Ekiti forward. Today's meeting is part of returning that visit and paying back the gesture. For me, it is about reciprocity, but more importantly, it is about Ekiti."
Oluyede's plans for Ekiti grassroots mobilisation
Tribune reported that the former governorship candidate, who leads the Oluyede Progressive Alliance for Renewed Hope Agenda (OPARHA), said the talks covered the need for unity and collective action among political leaders across party lines. He stressed that public declarations of support must translate into concrete mobilisation at the grassroots level.
Oluyede said he would personally lead campaigns across all 16 local government areas in Ekiti, bringing together political leaders, traditional rulers, community leaders, youths, women, professionals and business owners to work towards delivering a decisive result for Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
He called on all political stakeholders in Ekiti to put aside their differences, arguing that the state's contribution to the President's re-election depended on a united front.
Oluyede said the cooperation between him and Governor Oyebanji should be understood within the wider context of Ekiti's development, rather than as a purely political arrangement, describing the engagement as "an opportunity for the two leaders to discuss the need for unity, cooperation and collective action beyond political party differences."
Former Jigawa speaker dumps APC for PDP
Legit.ng earlier reported that the APC suffered a major setback in Jigawa state after the former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Idris Garba Kareka, resigned from the party and joined the PDP.
Kareka announced his official defection from the ruling party at a well-attended political rally, held in his Jahun town on Tuesday, June 2.
The Jigawa-born politician's defection came days after the former speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Victor Ochei, also resigned from the APC.
Source: Legit.ng
