Ekiti 2026: Oyebanji Begins House-cleaning, Sacks Commissioners

Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji, has dissoluted the State Executive Council ahead Ekiti 2026 governorship election.

The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Habibat Adubiaro disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday.

The Governor directed affected Commissioners and Special Advisers are to hand over to the Permanent Secretary or the most senior civil servant in their respective MDAs.

However, the dissolution does not affect the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. Also not affected by the dissolution are the Commissioner for Health and Human Services; Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security; Commissioner for Education; Commissioner for Works; Commissioner for Trade, Investment, Industry and Cooperatives; Special Adviser, Special Education and Social Inclusion; and Special Adviser Lands, Survey and e-GIS.

Also, all Directors General who are members of the State Executive Council are to retain their positions. These are the Director General Office of Transformation and Service Delivery (OTSD); Director General SDGs and Project Monitoring; and Director General Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).

Political Observers have described the move as a way of strengthening Governor Oyebanji’s political structure ahead of Ekiti 2026.