APC national leader Bola Tinubu arrived in Ekiti to campaign for Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, the party’s governorship candidate, ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.

Mr Tinubu would be joined by APC chairman Abdullahi Adamu, APC governors, and other party stakeholders.

It would be the first public political campaign of Mr Tinubu after his emergence as the APC presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.

The visit is amidst last-minute electioneering by political parties and their candidates.

Peoples Gazette noticed that the move is to beat the directive of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the deadlines for political campaigns in Ekiti.

INEC fixed June 16 (Thursday) as the last day for campaigns by political parties ahead of the Ekiti governorship election.

Sixteen political parties are set to participate in the June 18 poll. The political parties include A, AAC, ADC, ADP, APC, APGA, APM, APP, LP, NNPP, and NRM. Others are PDP, PRP, SDP, YPP, and ZLP.

The Ekiti governorship election might likely be a two-horse race between Mr Oyebanji of APC and Olabisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic. However, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) may be a third force.

The trio will slug it out to determine who will succeed Governor Kayode Fayemi.