Biodun Oyebanji has been declared winner of Ekiti Election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election.
This is according to the Ekiti Election Result 2022 as announced by the Collation Officers of various LGAs.
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After collating the results of the supplementary election in seven polling units, the Returning Officer, Prof Kayode Oyebode Adebowale, Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan (UI), declared Oyebanji the winner of the election.
Oyebanji received 187,057 votes to win the election, while Engr Segun Oni, the standard bearer of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), received 82, 211 votes to finish second.
Otunba Bisi Kolawole, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, came in third place with 67,457 votes.
Prof Adebowale announced the results, saying that Oyebanji, who received the most votes, was declared the winner and re-elected as the Governor-elect of Ekiti State.
Oyebanji was elected in 15 local government areas across the state, while Kolawole was elected in his hometown of Efon-Alaaye.
Ekiti west, Gbonyin, Ijero, Ikole, Ikere, Ado, Irepodun/Ifelodun, Ilejemeje, Ido/Osi, and Moba are among the local governments won by Oyebanji, according to the INEC Collation Centre in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Ekiti Southwest, Oye, Emure, Ise/Orun, and Ekiti East are among the others.
Below are the official results:
1. Ekiti South-West LG
APC – 9,679
PDP – 4474
SDP – 4,577
2. Ekiti West LG
APC -15322
PDP – 3,386
SDP – 3,863
3. Ekiti Election Result of Efon LG
APC – 4012
PDP – 6,303
SDP – 339
4. IJERO LG
APC – 13,754
PDP – 4897
SDP – 5006
5. IKERE LG
APC – 12,086
PDP – 3789
SDP – 1943
6. ILEJEMEJE LG
APC – 4357
PDP – 1157
SDP – 2344
7. Irepodun Ifelodun LG
APC – 13,125
PDP – 4,712
SDP – 5010
8. Ise/ Orun LG
APC – 8,074
PDP – 2,588
SDP – 5,909
9. MOBA LG
APC – 11,609
PDP – 3530
SDP – 4904
10. OYE LGA
APC – 13396
PDP – 4122
SDP – 3591
11. ADO LG
APC – 23,831
PDP – 7,575
SDP – 15,214
12. Ido/Osi LG
APC – 10,321
PDP – 2,871
SDP – 9,489
13. Emure LG
APC – 7,728
PDP – 2,610
SDP – 3,445
14. Ikole LG
APC-16,417
PDP – 6,266
SDP – 5,736
15 Gbonyin LG
APC–11247
PDP–3,947
SDP–4059
16 Ekiti East LG
APC –12099
PDP—5230
SDP—4982
