Nwapa, in a statement issued on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, accused Oyebanji of attempting to turn Ekiti State’s civil service into a political mobilisation machine for his administration.
Human rights activist, Francis Nwapa, has warned against alleged attempts by the Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, to compel civil servants to defend his administration on social media, describing the move as an abuse of public institutions and an attack on democratic freedoms.
Nwapa, in a statement issued on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, accused Oyebanji of attempting to turn Ekiti State’s civil service into a political mobilisation machine for his administration.
He said reports that the governor reprimanded public servants for failing to defend him online and allegedly threatened consequences for workers perceived to be sympathetic to his critics were “not a minor administrative hiccup” but evidence of “anti-democratic instincts” in Nigerian governance.
“What Oyebanji is demanding is not loyalty to the state. It is servitude to himself,” Nwapa said.
