The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Biodun Oyebanji the All Progressives Congress candidate, the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election held on Saturday.
Penpushing reports that Returning Officer for the election, Prof Adenike Oladiji, who announced the results in the early hours of Sunday at the commission’s headquarters on Iyin Road in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, said the governor was re-elected after polling 319,224 votes over his closest rivals Olumayokun Oluyede of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Dare Bejide of African Democratic Congress (ADC)
The Returning Officer for the elections, who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Akure, said the election took place across the 16 local government areas of the state
“Therefore, I, Adenike, am the returning officer for the 2026 Ekiti governorship election…Oyebanji Abiodun Abayomi, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and stands re-elected’, Oladiji said,
Penpushing further reports that he disclosed that while the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 319,224 votes, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate recorded 40, 533 votes, and African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate scored 12,872 votes.
The election umpire explained that there are 988,251 registered voters, and 384,940 are accredited, stating that out of the 382,109 votes cast, the total valid votes in the election were 375, 777.
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