The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Ekiti governorship election.
Oyebanji was declared winner on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti after securing majority of votes across the 16 local government areas of the state.
According to INEC, the governor polled a total of 319,224 votes to defeat his closest rival, Wole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 40,543 votes.
The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Oluwadare Bejide, came third in the race with a total of 12,872 votes.
The APC candidate won in all 16 local government areas.
The total results were announced by INEC State Collation Officer, Prof Adenike Oladiji, who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Akure.
Oladiji said a total of 6,332 votes were rejected, out of 382,109 votes cast.
The election recorded 384,940 accredited voters from a total of 988,251 registered voters across the state.
