South-West APC to Deliver 10m Votes For Tinubu’s Re-election — Bamidele

The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, on Monday disclosed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has mapped out mobilisation plans to deliver at least 10 million votes for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the South-west alone.

This was contained in a statement issued to journalists yesterday in Abuja by the Director of Media and Public Affairs, Office of the Senate Leader.

Bamidele, who is also Chairman of the Ekiti APC 2026 Governorship Election Campaign, noted that the June 20 election would serve as a referendum to affirm and confirm the leadership of Governor Biodun Oyebanji in the state, citing strategic development projects and programmes he has initiated since assuming office.

He spoke in Ado Ekiti during the inauguration of the 57-member governorship election campaign council, stating that the governor’s re-election would be “a walkover for the All Progressives Congress.”

After the inauguration, Bamidele challenged party leaders and members to brace up for the re-election of the incumbent governor, noting that his record of achievements “is unprecedented in the history of Ekiti State.”

He added that the governor “has been consciously paddling the oars of our state with courage and vision, with confidence and synergy, and with patriotism and unalloyed commitment to the well-being of over 3.8 million residents of our state.”

Beyond Oyebanji’s re-election, Bamidele said the task before the APC “is huge.”

“It is not about the re-election of Oyebanji alone. It is also about the general election, which will be held between January 16 and February 6, 2027. It is about the future of our great party both in the state and in the federation.

“As a party of conviction and vision, we have already set a target ahead of the 2027 elections. We have designed a mobilisation plan to deliver at least 10 million votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the six states of the South-west alone.

“As leaders of the APC, the onus now rests on us to embark on purpose-driven mobilisation of our members and neighbours to ensure they enrol in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration. With a population of 3.8 million, Ekiti has only 987,647 registered voters based on the 2023 records.

“With future elections drawing closer by the day, we need to mobilise our members, neighbours and relations not only to register as new voters but also to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) so that they can exercise their voting rights in support of our party in future elections.

“If we are truly committed to this task, we can increase our enrolment by 50 percent by August 2026 when the exercise will be suspended. But how can we attain this goal without participating optimally in the ongoing CVR? How can the APC secure such votes in the region if we do not mobilise our members, neighbours and relations to collect their PVCs?

“As we approach the 2027 elections, we must go house-to-house, street-to-street, and community-to-community to mobilise our brothers and sisters, our fathers and mothers, to enrol in the CVR. We must target our colleagues at work, our next-door neighbours, and our close and distant relations for enrolment. It is a huge task that we must all take seriously ahead of the next general elections.”

Bamidele also promised to drive the re-election campaign with utmost dedication and diligence, expressing confidence that the APC would deliver a 90 percent landslide victory for its flagbearer in the June 20 governorship election.

To achieve this, he urged party leaders and members “to work together as one indivisible party and approach the election in the spirit of harmony, oneness and unity. This is the path to our victory, and we must keep to this path until we clinch the trophy.”

Responding, Governor Biodun Oyebanji said his campaign would be issue-driven, promising to avoid any actions that could embarrass the party.

Oyebanji stated that his campaign would focus on engaging voters on policies, programmes and development plans for the state rather than personal attacks.

He further called on candidates and flagbearers of other political parties participating in the election to strictly adhere to the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 throughout the campaign period.

According to him, strict compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) will help ensure a peaceful, credible and transparent electoral process in the state.