Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of Saturday’s Ekiti governorship election.
Oyebanji who was the former secretary to the state government (SSG) polled a total vote of 187,057 as declared by the returning officer for INEC, Prof. Oyebode Adebowale, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan.
He said “That I, Prof. Oyebode Adebowale, hereby certified that I am the returning officer of the Ekiti 2022 Governorship Election held on June 18. That Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned.”
While given the breakdown of the total votes scored by the participating political parties, he said that Mr. Segun Oni, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, scored 82, 211, to come second, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Chief Bisi Kolawole, scored 67,457 to come third.
Others are Accord (A) scored 166; African Action Congress (AAC) 409; All Progressives Grand Alliance,(APGA) 17; Action Democratic Congress (ADC) 141; the Action Democratic Party, (ADP) scored 5,597; Allied Peoples Movement (APM) -290; Labour Party (LP) polled 195 votes; New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) 529; National Rescue Movement (NRM) 347; Young Progressives Party (YPP) 618; All Peoples Party (APP) 1,980; Zenith Labour Party,(ZLP)n282; and the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) polled 856.
The total number of registered voters is 989,224, accredited votes are 363,438, valid votes are 351865 and invalid votes are 8888.
