With victory in 12 out of the 16 local government areas of Ekiti State, the candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) Kayode Fayemi, has effectively won the Ekiti governorship election.
His closest challenger is the Peoples Democratic Party’s Kolapo Olushola who won in four local governments.
Mr Olusola is the incumbent deputy governor of the state and was hoping to succeed his boss, Ayodele Fayose, who had campaigned vigorously for him.
The results of the election mark a remarkable rebound for Mr Fayemi, who as the incumbent governor, was roundly defeated four years ago by Mr Fayose.
Though the election was generally peaceful across the state, there was large-scale vote-buying by supporters of both political parties. There were also few cases of ballot box snatching.
Mr Fayemi is now set to be declared the winner of the election by the electoral commission, INEC.
The results of the 16 local governments have been officially announced by INEC, which is, however, still doing the final collation.
Here is the breakdown of the results by local governments
Ido Osi
APC – 12,342
PDP – 11145
LP – 08
SDP – 60
Irepodun/Ifelodun
APC – 13,869
PDP – 11456
LP – 13
Oye
APC – 14,995
PDP – 11,271
LP – 08
SDP – 24
Ilejemeje
APC – 4,153
PDP – 3,937
Moba
APC – 11837
PDP – 8520
LP – 13
SDP – 15
Efon
APC – 5, 028
PDP – 5,192
LP – 05
SDP – 11
Ijero
APC – 14,192
PDP – 11,078
LP – 13
Gboyin
APC – 11498
PDP – 8027
LP – 18
SDP – 10
Ikole
APC – 14520
PDP – 13961
LP – 11
SDP – 53
Emure
APC – 7048
PDP – 7121
LP – 5 votes
Ise Orun
APC – 11,908
PDP – 6,297
LP – 08
SDP – 05
Ekiti East
APC – 12,778
PDP – 11,564
LP – 04
SDP – 26
Ekiti South West
APC – 11,015
PDP – 8,423
SDP – 23
LP – 46
Ado Ekiti
APC – 28, 111
PDP – 32,810
LP – 95
SDP – 39
Ikere Local Government
APC – 11,515
PDP – 17,183
Ekiti West Local Government
APC – 12,648
PDP – 10,137
