The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji, the winner of the Ekiti Governorship Election.
The Returning Officer of the lndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Ekiti State, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, announced and declared Oyebanji winner of the election around 3.05am on Sunday, with 187,057 votes.
Adebowale said: “Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress having polled 187,057 votes, the majority of votes, is hereby declared winner of the Ekiti State June 18 governorship election.”
Oyebanji defeated other candidates after winning 14 out of the 16 local government areas of the state in the election.
Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Engr. Adebayo Segun Oni, came distant second with 82,211 votes.
Oni won only in Moba Council Area.
Also, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bisi Kolawole, was third, polling 67,457 votes and won only in Efon Local Government Area.
In Ijero LG, Oyebanji polled 13,754 votes to defeat Segun Oni of the SDP, who scored 5,006 votes, while the PDP’s candidate, Bisi Kolawole polled 4,897 votes to come third.
Others and their votes are: A-08, AAC-32, ADC-96, AEP-201, APGA-33, APM-16, APP-82, LP-16, NNPP-48, NRM-17, PRP-87, YPP-59 and ZLP-18.
Also, Ojebanji defeated Oni in Emure LG, polling 7,728 as against 3,445 votes scored by Oni, while PDP got 2,610 votes.
Others are: A-4, AAC-15, ADC-81, ADP-92, APGA-14, APM-16, APP-70, LP-13, NNPP-13, NRM-19, PRP-24, YPP-41 and ZLP-12.
In Ekiti Southwest, Oyebanji polled 9,679 votes to beat Oni, who scored 4,577 votes. Kolawole got 4,474 votes to come third.
Others and their scores are: A-3, AAC-22, ADC-100, ADP-195, APGA-24, APM-10, APP-170, LP-14, NNPP-30, NRM-33, PRP-43, SDP-4577, YPP-41 and ZLP-26.
Oyebanji also won Ikere LG, polling 12,086 votes to defeat PDP’s Kolawole, who got 3,789, while ADC came third with 3,764 votes and Oni came fourth with 1,943 votes.
In Ilejemeje LG, the APC candidate polled 4,357 votes to win the council, while Oni ‘s SDP got 2,344 and PDP, 1,157 votes.
In Moba LG, APC won by scoring 11,609 votes to beat SDP which got 4,904 votes and PDP, 3,530 votes.
The Kolawole’s PDP defeated Oyebanji’s APC in Efon Alaye LG, garnering 6,303 votes as against 4,012 votes polled by APC and 339 votes by SDP.
In Ekiti West, APC won by a wide margin, scoring 15,322 votes while SDP came second with 3,863 votes and PDP, 3,386 votes. In Irepodun Ifelodun LG, APC won with 13,125 votes, while SDP came second with 5,010 votes and PDP, 4,712 votes.
In Oye LG, the APC polled 13,396 votes to defeat SDP, which scored 5,391 votes and PDP, 4,122 votes. In Ido-Osi, APC polled 10,321 to win the poll, while SDP scored 9,489 votes to come second and PDP, 2,871 votes.
APC also won Ise-Orun LG, scoring 8,074 votes, while SDP got 5,909 votes and PDP, 2,588 votes. APC got its biggest votes in Ado-Ekiti LG, garnering 23,831 votes, while SDP polled 15,214 votes and PDP, 7,575 votes.
In Ikole LG, APC polled 16,417 votes to win the council, while PDP scored 6,266 votes to come second, while SDP got 5,736 votes.
Also in Gboyin LG, APC won by scoring 11,247 votes, while SDP scored 4,059 votes and PDP, 3,947 votes. In Ekiti East, APC polled 12,099 votes to claim the council, while PDP polled 5,230 votes and SDP, 4,982 votes.
Ekiti Governorship Election Results at a glance
