…APM, came second with 1,411 votes. Adesanya Olaoluwa of the Action People's Party, APP, polled 213 votes, while Clement Funso-Nejo of the Boot Party, BP, secured 70 votes. The Returning Officer disclosed that a total of 70,770 votes were cast during the election, while 602 ballots were declared invalid. Speaking after…

…act. “What we have witnessed in Ekiti state is sad and unfortunate. APC was at the polling units unchecked. “It's unfortunate security authorities were present and could not checkmate these abnormalities,” he said. Ekiti 2026: Nigeria’s democracy reduced to vote trading – PDP

…day in 1993 when Nigerians "of every tongue, faith and every region walked out to the polls and spoke with one astonishing voice." That mandate was annulled, he noted. "Lives were lost defending it. A man went to prison for it and never came home. But the idea survived," Saraki declared. "And today we stand on Democrac…

…National Electoral Commission, INEC. DAILY POST reports that electorates in about 2,445 polling units in the 16 local government areas of the state turned out on Saturday to elect their new governor. Ekiti has 1,059,360 registered voters, but only 1,028,929 of them who collected Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, were eligib…

…Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has uploaded 2,048 results out of 2,445 polling units on its Result Viewing Portal as of 7pm on Saturday, representing 83.7 percent of total results from the Ekiti State governorship election. The figure represents a significant jump from the 35.5 percent uploaded barely…

…election, Adenike Oladiji, made the declaration on Sunday, saying that Oyebanji polled 319,224 votes. According to Oladiji, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Oluwole Oluyede, scored 40,543 votes, while Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Party, ADP, polled 12,872 votes. She said a total of 384,940 v…

…Oladiji, who declared the results at about 3:13 a.m. on Sunday, said that Oyebanji polled 319,224 votes. Oladiji, a professor and Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, said that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oluwole Oluyede, scored 40,543 votes, while Dare Bejide of the African…

…University of Technology, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Oluwole Oluyede, polled 40,543 votes, while Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Congress garnered 12,872 votes. She added that 384,940 voters were accredited for the election, with 375,777 valid votes recorded and 6,332 rejected ballots, bringing the t…

…be just 65 taking office next year if election fortune smiles on him in the February poll. Doing eight years of two terms, will make him about 73 and if he sticks to his one-term promise to Northern Nigeria where power should swing after South's eight years of which Tinubu is about completing four, he would be under 70…

The victory grants the governor another four-year term and makes him the first Ekiti governor to successfully secure consecutive re-election in a state where incumbents have often struggled to retain power.

"That Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law has scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and returned elected." Overall results at a glance Registered Voters - 1,059,360 PVC collection : 1,028,929 Total accredited voters: 384,940 Total valid votes: 375,…

The outstanding 66 polling unit results on IReV are expected to draw attention from stakeholders, particularly given the commission's commitment to transparency and public access to election results.

APC's cumulative votes from the 10 LGAs you supplied stand at 182,331 votes, while PDP has 28,777 votes and African Democratic Congress (ADC) has 6,598 votes. APC has won every declared LGA and leads by 153,554 votes across the 10 councils announced so far.

Results collated at Ugele/Aroku Ward, the PDP candidate's ward in Ikere, showed that the APC polled 769 votes to defeat the PDP, which garnered 683 votes.

Ekiti has 1,059,360 registered voters, but only 1,028,929 of them who collected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were eligible to participate in the election.

INEC had assured stakeholders that all polling unit results would be uploaded to the IReV portal in line with its commitment to transparency and accountability in the electoral process. Political parties and election observers are expected to continue monitoring the portal as the commission concludes the collation and…

…that any candidate associated with his endorsement may be seriously disadvantaged at the polls,” the aggrieved aspirants noted. They warned that “in order to avert further damage and forestall a deeper crisis”, the President needs to take a sober and critical look at developments in Kwara State, including the circumsta…

…He lauded the INEC for the timely deployment of officials and election materials to 143 polling units in the area. A cross section of Presiding Officers who spoke to newsmen in Warawa said the exercise recorded a huge success, assuring that it was hitch-free. The bye-election was to fill the vacuum created by the sudde…

…organisation, noted a dramatic shift in efficiency compared to the state’s previous poll in 2022. […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) recorded a landslide victory at the polling unit of former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, in Saturday’s governorship election. Results announced at Ward 11, Polling Unit 9 (Ogilolo) in Isan-Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area, showed the APC candidate, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, do…

…earlier floored the African Democratic Congress, ADC, candidate, Dare Bejide, in his own polling unit. The governor secured 140 votes while the ADC candidate only polled 37 votes. Across the state, the early results show the APC leading by a massive margin, with the PDP following behind and the ADC settling into third…

…Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has recorded victory at the polling unit of Ayodele Fayose, the former Ekiti State Governor. Oyebanji won Fayose’s polling unit after securing 448 votes to defeat his closest rivals in Saturday’s governorship election. Results from Polling Unit 001, St. David’s Pri…

…Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) recorded a resounding victory at the polling unit of former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, in Saturday’s governorship election, polling 448 votes to defeat his closest rivals by a wide margin. Results from Polling Unit 001, St David’s Primary School/Maternity Area,…

The PDP candidate won with 113 votes at his polling unit.

He also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the prompt deployment of electoral officials and materials across the 16 local government areas of the state. Of the 1,059,360 registered voters, according to INEC, 1,028,929 collected their Permanent Voter Cards across the state.