{"id":57440,"date":"2024-12-02T09:09:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T09:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57440"},"modified":"2024-12-02T09:09:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T09:09:14","slug":"gov-oyebanji-dismisses-anxiety-over-2026-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/02\/gov-oyebanji-dismisses-anxiety-over-2026-reelection\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov Oyebanji Dismisses Anxiety Over 2026 Reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has downplayed concerns about his 2026 reelection bid, stating that his focus remains on delivering impactful governance rather than engaging in political distractions.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the monthly Evening of Praise and Worship event held at Jibowu Hall, Government House, Ado Ekiti, Governor Oyebanji urged politicians to refrain from sending him anxiety-fueled messages about the upcoming election.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that his political future is firmly in God\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy belief in divine intervention gives me peace,\u201d the governor said. \u201cGod, who secured my victory in 2022, will also take care of 2026. For now, let us concentrate on the work at hand and do it well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing criticisms about his perceived lack of political maneuvering, Oyebanji stated that he remains unbothered by such remarks.<\/p>\n<p>His priority, he insisted, is to ensure the progress and development of Ekiti State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome say I am not political enough or that I don\u2019t understand politics,\u201d he noted. \u201cNothing will disrupt my peace because I serve the God of peace. Let us focus on governance and leave the rest to God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor reassured the people of Ekiti that he remains committed to fulfilling his campaign promises, stressing that the divine will ultimately guide his political journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has downplayed concerns about his 2026 reelection bid, stating that his focus remains on delivering impactful governance rather than engaging in political distractions. Speaking at the monthly Evening of Praise and Worship event held at Jibowu Hall, Government House, Ado Ekiti, Governor Oyebanji urged politicians to refrain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":57441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57442,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57440\/revisions\/57442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}