By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Saturday, 15 August, 2026 governorship poll in Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, popularly known as AMBO, has disclosed that his party is still reviewing the outcome of the election and will soon announce its next line of action after completing its assessment.
Oyebamiji, who lost the election to incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party, made this disclosure while speaking with journalists on Friday, 21 August, 2026 after a closed-door meeting with his party’s national leader, President Bola Tinubu, at the State House, Abuja.
He explained that the party had not yet reached a final decision on the election, urging its members and supporters to remain calm while the review continues.
“For now, the APC is still examining the books, and by the time we spread our sheets, we’ll be able to get back to the public on what our own opinions and what decisions we want to take, but the take home is that they should be calm,” he said.
Though Oyebamiji did not disclose the specific issues being examined by the APC, nor state whether the party was contemplating a legal challenge to the outcome, he maintained that its position would be communicated to the public after the exercise.
The APC candidate emphasised that whatever decision emerged from the review, peace must remain paramount, describing government and politics as ultimately being about the welfare of the people.
“The most important thing is to run every election with peaceful mind. It is important for us that we Nigerians have to know that government is about people, and it’s about people, and it’s about people, and because it’s about people, it is important that we need to be peaceful and I want to appeal to our people in Osun that they need to be peaceful,” he said.
Oyebamiji also raised concerns over what he described as continuing attacks on APC members in Osun following the election, appealing directly to Governor Adeleke to call his supporters to order and warning that post-election violence could undermine peace in the state.
“I want to advise the governor that it’s important for him to talk to his people. Violence against our people is not too good, and he needs to talk to them so that each and every one of us can be on the same page,” he said.
Reacting to allegations of attacks on APC members, which he had earlier raised in his initial reaction to the election results, Oyebamiji claimed that fresh incidents were recorded on Friday morning, disclosing that between four and five people were attacked in his hometown, Ikire, and that security agencies had since been notified.
“Well, yes. Even as at this morning, in my own village, Ikire, some were attacked; about four, five people were attacked. We have informed the security operatives accordingly. That’s what I have to say about that,” he said.
Despite the allegations, the APC candidate repeatedly appealed to his supporters to remain peaceful while awaiting the party’s decision on the election.
Oyebamiji’s meeting with the President came a day after the Osun governor was similarly received by Tinubu at the State House, with Adeleke, after Thursday’s closed-door meeting, thanking the President for his commitment to a free and fair electoral process in Osun.
