Biodun Oyebanji, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been re-elected as the Governor of Ekiti State after he was declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state, News.ng reports.
Oyebanji was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Sunday.
According to INEC’s Returning Officer for the Ekiti State governorship election, Professor Adenike Oladiji, Oyebanji polled 319,224 votes.
Meanwhile, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oluwole Oluyede, garnered 40,543 votes, while Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Party (ADP) polled 12,872 votes.
According to the Returning Officer, a total of 384,940 voters were accredited for the election, with 375,777 valid votes and 6,332 rejected votes.
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