#EkitiDecides
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Biodun Oyebanji, as the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election.
According to Voice of Nigeria Correspondents at the collation centre, the Chief Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, declared the APC and its candidate winners of the election in the early hours of Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
Analysis
According to Adebowale, Oyebanji scored 187,057 votes to defeat his closest challengers: Engr. Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party and Chief Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party.
While Oni polled 82,211 votes, Kolawole secured 67,457 votes.
The election which was described to be peaceful took place in the one hundred and seventy seven registration areas while Nine hundred and eight nine thousand, two hundred and two people registered for the election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC was commended for successfully using the Bimodal Accreditation system BVAS and electronic transfer of the election results.
The election observation groups in the election noted that the early deployment of the election material by the electoral body paved the way for large number of the electorates to exercise their franchise in the election and extolled the roles of the the security agencies by ensuring the smooth conduct of the election.
However, the election was one of the off seasons election conducted by INEC after the 2019 general election.
The Results
The results as announced by INEC:
Ekiti East LGA
APC – 12,099
PDP – 5,230
SDP – 4,982
Ebony LGA
APC – 11,247
PDP – 3,947
SDP – 4,059
Ikole LGA
APC -16,417
PDP – 6,266
SDP – 5,736
Ado-Ekiti LGA
APC – 23,831
PDP – 7,575
SDP – 15,214
Ise/Orun LGA
APC – 8,074
PDP – 2,588
SDP – 5,909
Emure LGA
APC – 7,728
PDP – 2,610
SDP – 3,445
Ido/Osi LGA
APC – 10,321
PDP – 2,871
SDP – 9,489
Oye LGA
APC – 13,396
PDP – 4,122
SDP – 3,591
Moba LGA
APC – 11,609
PDP – 3,530
SDP – 4,904
Ekiti South-West LGA
APC – 9,679
PDP – 4,474
SDP – 4,577
Ilejemeje LGA
APC – 4,357
PDP – 1,157
SDP – 2,344
Ikere-Ekiti LGA
APC – 12,086
PDP – 3,789
SDP – 1,943
Irepodun Ifelodun LGA
APC – 13,125
PDP – 4,712
SDP – 5,010
Ekiti West LGA
APC – 15,322
PDP – 3,386
SDP – 3,863
Ijero LGA
APC – 13,754
PDP – 4,897
SDP – 5,006
Efon Alaaye LGA
APC – 4,012
PDP – 6,303
SDP – 339.
Political parties Votes
A: 166
AAC: 409
ADC: 5,997
ADP: 3,495
APC: 187,057
APGA: 376
LP: 195
PRP: 1,980
NNPN: 529
PDP: 67457
SDP: 82,211
APP: 618
ZLP: 282
Registered voters: 989,224
Accredited voters: 365,438
Valid votes: 351,865
Rejected votes: 8888
Total votes cast: 360753.
Qasim Akinreti
