The immediate past Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority, Bola Oyebamiji, has emerged as the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the forthcoming Osun State governorship election.
Oyebamiji’s selection followed a motion moved by two governorship aspirants, Kunle Adegoke (SAN) and Senator Babajide Omoworare, at the primary election venue located within the premises of Ebunoluwa Group of Schools, Osogbo.
The Chairman of the APC governorship primary committee and Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, subsequently subjected the motion to a voice vote, which received overwhelming support from party members present at the primary. Okpebholo then declared, “By the power conferred on me, I present to you Bola Oyebamiji as the governorship candidate of our party.”
The PUNCH previously reported that the APC governorship primary in Osun State commenced in Osogbo, the state capital, with the arrival of committee chairman Monday Okpebholo, who noted that the candidate would emerge by affirmation. He arrived at the venue alongside the co-chairman of the committee, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, and other members of the governorship primary committee, including Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, who represented the Lagos State Governor, and former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
Earlier on Tuesday, 1,660 delegates were selected to elect the APC candidate in the December 13 governorship primary of the party. There were also clear indications that the seven APC governorship aspirants in the state had stepped down to support a consensus flagbearer after a late-night meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday.
A former APC National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, speaking on a TVC News programme, Politics Tonight, declared his support for the party’s decision to choose a consensus candidate for the 2026 Osun State governorship election. Omisore, who was among seven aspirants disqualified by the APC Screening Committee for alleged violations of party guidelines and electoral provisions, stated he accepted the decision following guidance from President Bola Tinubu.
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