2026 Osun Guber: Bola Oyebamiji Wins APC Nomination…Adegoke Urges Support For Him…Journey To Reclaim Osun Has Begun-President Tinubu

Ahead of the governorship election scheduled to hold in the State of the Living Spring on August 8, 2026, former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Mr Bola Oyebamiji has won the APC gubernatorial nomination. 

He was elected by acclamation at the primary held in Osogbo, the state capital, on Saturday, December 13, 2025.

The primary was held at Ebunoluwa Group of Schools, Osogbo.

Team@orientactualmags.com reports that the motion to have Mr Bola Oyebamiji elected as the party’s guber candidate was jointly moved by two co-aspirants; Mr Kunle Adegoke (SAN) and former Senator Babajide Omoworare.

Chairman of the APC governorship primary committee, who is also the governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo subsequently called for a voice vote and the 1,660 delegates said ‘aye’ to elect the former NIWA MD by acclamation.

Other members of the Governorship Primary Committee; Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, who represented Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello and Osun State APC bigwigs including the National Secretary, Mr Ajibola Basiru, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, and Rep Wole Oke were also there.

‘By the power conferred on me, I present to you Bola Oyebamiji, as the governorship candidate of our party’ Governor Monday Okpebholo submitted.

Commenting on the motion he moved during the primary held at Ebunoluwa Group of Schools, Osogbo, on Saturday, a former guber aspirant, Mr Kunle Rasheed Adegoke, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has once again, made a public declaration of support for Mr Bola Oyebamiji.

Mr Kunle Adegoke not only urged support for Oyebamiji but also submitted in a Facebook post that the guber candidate has his back.

 ‘Let’s have his back. He’s our party’s candidate.

When I moved that motion today, I meant it.

Let’s go out there and win together’ he submitted.

In the meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu has sent a message of congratulations to Mr Bola Oyebamiji on winning the APC guber nomination while noting that ‘the journey to reclaim Osun State for the progressive fold in the 2026 governorship election has begun’.

The president in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga praised the Osun State APC for what he described as ‘the unity and spirit of reconciliation that preceded and also permeated the primary election that produced a candidate through acclamation’.

President Tinubu also commended co-aspirants who withdrew from the race, noting that they had ‘graciously stepped down in favour of Oyebamiji, demonstrating party loyalty and a collective commitment to the APC’s ideals’.

The guber candidate, he added, should be magnanimous in victory and ‘embrace all party leaders and former aspirants, ensuring inclusivity and cohesion as the party moves forward in the political process’.

‘The journey to reclaim Osun State for the progressive fold in the 2026 governorship election has begun.

 I urge all members and leaders of APC in the state to remain focused, united, and resolute. Victory is achievable, and together, we will succeed’ the president submitted-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you