Bola Oyebamiji, the immediate past Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has emerged as the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the upcoming Osun State governorship election.
Oyebamiji’s selection followed a motion by governorship aspirants Kunle Adegoke (SAN) and Senator Babajide Omoworare during the party’s primary at Ebunoluwa Group of Schools, Osogbo.
The motion was put to a voice vote by the Chairman of the APC primary committee, Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, and received overwhelming support from members present.
Okpebholo then declared Oyebamiji as the party’s governorship candidate.
Oyebamiji was accompanied to the venue by co-chairman Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat representing the Lagos State Governor, and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, among other committee members.
Prior to the primary, 1,660 delegates eligible to vote for the APC candidate had been elected.
Reports also indicate that the seven APC governorship aspirants in the state stepped down to back a consensus candidate after a late-night meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.
Former APC National Secretary Senator Iyiola Omisore, one of the aspirants disqualified by the APC Screening Committee for alleged violations of party guidelines, publicly endorsed the party’s consensus arrangement during a TVC News interview, citing guidance from President Tinubu.
