Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, the immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority, has been picked as the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Osun State governorship election scheduled for 2026.
The decision was reached at the party’s governorship primary held on Saturday in Osogbo. At the end of the exercise, Oyebamiji was affirmed by the 1,660 delegates who participated in the primary.
His emergence followed a consensus arrangement among the aspirants. One of the contestants, Mr Kunle Adegoke, SAN, nominated Oyebamiji, while another aspirant, Senator Babajide Omoworare, seconded the nomination. Other aspirants later stepped down to support the process. 
Speaking during the exercise, Adegoke explained that the decision to affirm Oyebamiji was in line with the directive of the party’s national leadership and the agreement reached among all aspirants.
He said, “I Kunle Adegoke with the consent of all other aspirants move the motion that Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji be adopted as the consensus candidate to contest in the 2026 governorship candidate. I so move.”
Following the motion, the Chairman of the primary election committee, Governor Monday Okpebholo, called for a voice vote from the delegates, which was unanimously in favour of Oyebamiji.
Declaring the outcome, Okpebholo said, “By the power conferred on me as Chairman of the primary committee, I hereby declare Bola Oyebamiji, AMBO, as the candidate of our party.”
