Kwara Ekiti ex-Chairmen petition APC national Chairman over 28 years 'democratic rape' -Warns against voter revolt

Key Takeaways

• Ahead of the 2027 elections, a coalition of former local council chairmen from Kwara State’s Ekiti bloc has petitioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, warnin Ahead of the 2027 elections, a coalition of former local council chairmen from Kwara State’s Ekiti bloc has petitioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, warning that 28 years of “political marginalization and perpetual servitude” by the dominant Igbomina ethnic group could shatter party unity and electoral fortunes in the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency.
• In a passionately worded letter dated May 8, 2026, addressed to the APC National Headquarters in Abuja, the group decried the alleged Igbomina bloc’s iron grip on the House of Representatives seat since the dawn of Nigeria’s democracy.
• The constituency, spanning four local government areas and split mainly between the Igbomina and Ekiti ethnic blocs, has seen “the Igbomina bloc consistently occupy the seat to the disadvantage of the Ekiti people,” they indicated.“Our present outcry and agitation are based on the fact that, for almost 28 years, the Ekiti bloc deserves due consideration to address this political imbalance,”., framing the demand as a quest for “equity and fairness” in the upcoming federal polls.