Dr Kayode Fayemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress,in the Ekiti governorship election, is coasting home to victory, according to the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in majority of the 16 local councils in the state.
Fayemi, who was governor of the state between 2010 and 2014, has won no fewer than 12 of the 16 councils, including the council of incumbent Ayodele Fayose.
In what appeared to be poetic justice, Fayemi won in Irepodun-Ifelodun council, the home base of Fayose.
Fayemi polled 13,869 votes. The PDP candidate, Olusola Eleka, Fayose’s deputy got 11,456 votes.
In the 2014 election, massively rigged by Fayose’s PDP, Fayemi lost all the Ekiti councils to Fayose.
This time around, Fayemi only lost in Fayose’s polling unit and ward.
However, the votes in other wards were not enough to secure victory for Fayose’s party and candidate in the local government.
The local government has 11 wards. Results from each ward were collated at the local council headquarters of INEC situated in Igede.
A total of 66,162 voters were registered in the local government while 27,306 were accredited.
INEC headquarters in Ado-Ekiti is compiling all the results from the local councils and the official announcement will be made later Sunday.
According to reports from local council collation centers, Fayemi also won in Oye LGA, Ilejemeje, Ido-Osi, Gbonyin and Moba.
However, he narrowly lost Ado-Ekiti, where Fayose doled out a minimum of N4000 to would-be-voters on Friday. He also lost Emure, Efon and Ikere-Ekiti, the council of the PDP candidate, Olusola Eleka.
All the results as declared by INEC
1. Ilejemeje LGA
APC – 4,153
PDP – 3,937
2. Irepodun/Ifelodun LGA
APC – 13,869
PDP – 11,456
3. Ido-Osi LGA
APC – 12,342
PDP – 11,145
4. Oye LGA
APC – 14,995
PDP – 11,271
*5. Efon LGA
APC – 5,082
PDP – 5,192
6. Moba LGA
APC – 11,837
PDP – 8,520
7. Ijero LGA
APC – 14,192
PDP – 11,077
8. Gboyin LGA
APC – 11,489
PDP – 8,027
*9. Emure LGA
APC – 7,084
PDP – 7,121
*10. Ikere LGA
APC – 11,515
PDP – 17,183
11. Ekiti West LGA
APC – 12,648
PDP – 10,137
12. Ikole LGA
APC – 14,522
PDP – 13,961
13. Ise Orun LGA
APC – 11,908
PDP – 6,297
14. Ekiti East LGA
APC – 12,778
PDP – 11,564
15. Ekiti South West LGA
APC – 11,015
PDP – 8,432
*16. Ado-Ekiti LGA
APC – 28,111
PDP – 32,810
*Report Updated.
