Akure, Ondo state – The Edo state governorship election 2024 has come and gone, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Before the next general elections in 2027, a total of four off-cycle elections will be held in Nigeria. Being one of the two major political parties in the country, the APC’s odds to win are high in these polls.
TimesNow.com.ng highlights these elections:
The 2024 Ondo state governorship election will take place on November 16, 2024. Incumbent APC governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is running for election to a full term. Former deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and 15 other party candidates are running against him.
Aiyedatiwa of the APC was the former deputy governor who became governor after the death of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in December 2023.
Ajayi of the PDP was the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) candidate in the 2020 governorship election.
The next Anambra governorship election could take place in the last quarter of 2025 to elect the governor of the state.
Other things being equal, incumbent APGA Governor Charles Soludo would seek a second term in office.
Already, the APC has its sights set on Anambra state.
In August, Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of APC, expressed optimism that the party will “capture” Anambra.
He said while receiving the leadership of the Kano state correspondents’ chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ):
Furthermore, Ganduje stated that the party is working very hard to ensure that it gets more states from the southeast geopolitical zone.
His words:
In the same vein, following the APC’s recent success in Edo state, Ganduje repeated the same pledge.
The former Kano state governor said:
The 2026 Ekiti gubernatorial election is expected to take place in mid-2026 to elect the governor of the state.
Incumbent APC governor Biodun Oyebanji is free to seek a second term.
The 2026 Osun governorship election will most likely take place in either the second or third quarter of 2026.
Although the PDP is the ruling government in the state, the chances of the APC reclaiming the state cannot be completely ruled out.
