The APC candidate Dr. Fayemi Has Been Declared The Winner Of Ekiti State Governorship Election

The All Progressives Congress candidate in the Ekiti State governorship election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has been declared winner of the poll held on Saturday.

Based on the results of the 16 local government areas in the state, Fayemi overcame his closest rival, Prof. Kolapo Olusola of the Peoples Democratic Party, in 12 LGAs.
Fayemi scored 197,459 votes while Olusola polled 178,114 votes.

There were a large turnout of voters and prompt arrival of the ad hoc staff and supervisors of INEC at polling stations.

Voting materials brought early early in many polling units across the state while voters conducted themselves well during accreditation process.

The only problem was the allegation of vote-buying levelled against party agents by voters in some polling units. In many cases, the situation led to disagreement among loyalists of various political parties .
A voter said “I was offered N5,000 to vote for the party but I rejected it. I am 73 years old retired teacher. I cannot allow the future of my children to be bought by moneybags.  I don’t know how we descended to this level when people brazenly offer money to people to secure their votes. It was not like this in the past. Will our votes count with this problem?” he queried.