The battle to determine who emerges as the 2026 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State begins with the state congress holding this year and high-wired politics to reclaim the party from former governor Kayode Fayemi, AYODELE AFOLABI reports.
Politics is already in the air in Ekiti State even though the governorship election is still three years away. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is witnessing political scheming and subterfuge ahead of the party congresses that will take place sometime this year.
Some emerging political figures are leaving nothing to chance in their bid to take over the structure of the party. The party structure from the wards to the state level is currently in the hands of former governor Kayode Fayemi, who anointed the incumbent governor, Biodun Oyebanji, as the candidate of the party for the 2022 governorship election.
The Guardian investigation revealed that some power blocs within the APC are already strategising on how to take over the structure of the party from Fayemi and whittle down his influence in Ekiti politics.
Some notable political figures, who are interested in the coveted seat, are already dropping the name of President Bola Tinubu as their pillar of support. Political watchers in the state believe that President Tinubu will have more than just a passing interest in who becomes the governor of the state in 2026.
