The Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for June 20, 2026 governorship election, Dr Wole Oluyede, has vowed to withstand any try and cease him and the social gathering from collaborating within the ballot.
Oluyede, who faulted Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) for failing so as to add his identify and the PDP in its lately launched record of political events governorship candidates, stated such quantity to an try and preclude him and his social gathering from contesting the election.
The Australian-based medical physician spoke in Ikere Ekiti nation on Thursday whereas reacting to his exclusion from the record of 12 events governorship candidates launched by INEC earlier within the week.
He puzzled why his identify and that of his social gathering was not included within the record by the electoral physique whose officers monitored and okayed the November 8, 2025 Ekiti PDP governorship major election the place he emerged the social gathering’s governorship candidate.
Addressing newsmen on the matter, Oluyede stated “It has been drawn to my consideration that, the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) launched a listing of political events candidates, for the 2026 governorship election in Ekiti State and my identify was excluded, because the Individuals’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate.
“That got here as a shock to me , within the sense that the method that led to my emergence as a candidate of the PDP was witnessed by the INEC officers. They supervised the first election and wrote reviews to that impact. And in precise truth, there have been fits towards the election during which they got here to swear an affidavit that I used to be the candidate of the social gathering.
“So, I’m not conscious of any purpose that ought to preclude me from the election. So far as I do know, there isn’t any court docket injunction or orders that ought to preclude me from that record and I don’t assume that INEC is able to decide who must be the nominee of a celebration. They haven’t been doing that earlier than , so I don’t know why that is occurring and I don’t assume it’s within the purview or responsibility of INEC to do this”.
Noting that he’s conscious of a political social gathering that really disenfranchises members of the social gathering , he stated, “that’s unhappy, it’s a tragedy. This isn’t going to be allowed to occur, I’m not going to permit it, I’ll struggle it with all that it requires”.
The PDP governorship candidate who disclosed that he nonetheless consulting on the step to take stated, “My session will embody even speaking to INEC to ask questions, I’m additionally consulting with the social gathering construction and as soon as I’m suggested on what to do, I’ll take motion”
Whereas urging his many supporters throughout the state to be calm he stated, “I wish to reassure you that I’m going to be the following governor of the state which implies I’m going to be on the following poll. I don’t need anyone to panic or get apprehensive about this. I do know that individuals could be enjoying video games, I perceive their video games however it’s a recreation of futility, it is not going to go anyplace”.
Oluyede suggested these making an attempt to preclude him and others from contesting election with them to have a rethink saying that could be a unhealthy recreation and it’s not actually the suitable factor to do.
He stated, “Elections are supposed to give the folks a possibility to decide on a authorities. If anyone needs to contest , she or he ought to contest primarily based on the folks’s decisions, not by precluding others from contesting towards them.
“If you’re certain you could have carried out nicely or you could have accomplished nicely for the folks or you could have the power to win , then you must have a confidence to enter the election, it’s not proper to disenfranchise individuals who wish to categorical their will, in case you do this underneath any situation it’s referred to as witchcraft and it’s not allowed, it shouldn’t be accomplished. And Ekiti folks ought to really go towards this as a result of it has been happening for too lengthy”.
Oluyede stated that the PDP is the most important social gathering in Ekiti and that problems with why they misplaced elections previously have been faraway from the social gathering.
“These accountable have been faraway from our social gathering whether or not by themselves or by pure choice of goodness. We’re a strong social gathering standing collectively and we’re able to win the June 20 governorship election within the state. I wish to guarantee you that everyone ought to maintain their peace, maintain their confidence that we are going to win the following election.”
