Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has been sworn in for a second term in office following his re-election in the June 20, 2026 governorship election.
Oyebanji took the oath of office at exactly 1:38 p.m. at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The state Chief Judge, Justice Lekan Adekanye Ogunmoye, administered the oath.
The inauguration followed Oyebanji’s victory in the governorship election, in which he secured 319,224 votes to emerge as the winner, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The All Progressives Congress candidate defeated his closest challenger, Oluwole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party, who polled 40,543 votes. Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Congress finished third with 12,872 votes.
Oyebanji’s second-term inauguration comes four years after he first assumed office on October 16, 2022, marking the beginning of another four-year tenure as governor of the state.
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