In a commanding performance during Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), secured a landslide victory at the polling unit of Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele.
According to the Presiding Officer, Mrs. Elizabeth Oregbemeh, Oyebanji garnered 164 votes, leaving his closest competitor, Dr. Wole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with only eight votes. The Action Democratic Party (ADP) candidate, Mr. Ayodeji Ojo, managed a single vote.
Earlier, Senator Bamidele praised the electoral process, noting that voter turnout across the state was commendable. He also lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the prompt dispatch of electoral staff and voting materials to all 16 local government areas in Ekiti.
INEC reported that the state has 1,059,360 registered voters, with 1,028,929 having collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the election.