The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared and returned Governor Biodun Oyebanji as winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State.
Oyebanji, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeated candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC) and other political parties to secure another term in office.
Declaring the final results of the election, the Returning Officer for the election, Professor Adenike Oladiji, declared that Oyebanji polled 319,224 votes, while closest challenger, Wole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), garnered 40543 votes, as well as Ambassador Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) who secured 12,872 while the candidate of the Accord Party, Opeyemi Falegan, polled 564 votes.
According to her, 988,251 voters registered in the state’s election, while 384,940 voters were accredited to participate.
A total of 382109 votes were cast across the 16 local government areas of the state while 375,777 votes were declared valid and 6,332 were rejected.
Professor Oladiji, while announcing the results, declared that having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes cast, Biodun Oyebanji of the APC was duly elected as the Governor of Ekiti State.
