Just In: INEC Declares Oyebanji Winner Of Ekiti Governorship Election

Eagle’s Sight News reports that The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has announced Oyebanji the immediate past Secretary to the Ekiti state government who is the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Ekiti Guber Election as the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election.

This is contained in a statement by the returning officer for the election, Prof Kayode Adebowale, who is the Vice Chancellor, the University of Ibadan, announced the results.

According to Adebowale , “Oyebanji, having scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and returned elected as the governor-elect of Ekiti State”

The APC scored 187,057 votes to defeat its closest rival, the SDP, which garnered 82,211 votes, the PDP, which got 67,457 votes and 13 other parties which participated in Saturday’s governorship election. The Punch news gathered

Out of the 360,753 votes cast, the total valid votes in the election were 351,865.

While the agent of SDP, Owoseeni Ajayi, did not sign the forms for the votes cast, the agent of the ADP, said, “Instead of having polling centres, what we have in Ekiti are vote-buying centres”.

Meanwhile, according to the punch correspondents who monitored the exercise across the state reported that in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, residents trooped to the streets to celebrate the victory in the dead of the night. At the Government House in the Oke Ayoba area of the town, other APC governors, led by the state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, monitored the exercise.

Similarly, in Ikogosi-Ekiti, Ekiti West Local Government Area, where Oyebanji hails from, residents also began celebrating the victory of their kinsman at the poll.

Also in Ikere-Ekiti, where Oyebanji’s running mate, Mrs Monitade Afuye, hails from, residents also began celebration as the results were announced by the respective local government Returning Officers.

In different parts of the state also, some members of the ruling party celebrated the victory, describing it as well-deserved.

Our correspondents observed that prior to the announcement of the results at the collation centre, all the results from the 16 local government areas had been uploaded on the Result Viewing Portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, known as IReV.

The full result is presented below;

A -409

ADC -5597

ADP -3495

APC -187,057

APDA -376

APM -290

APP -1980

LP -195

NNPP -529

NRM -347

PDP -67,457

PRP -856

SDP -82,211

YPP -618

ZLP -282

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