The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has secured a landslide victory at the polling unit of the leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, during the gubernatorial election in the state.
Oyebanji polled 164 votes while his closest rival and the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Wole Oluyede, only scored eight.
According to the polling officer, the governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Ayodeji Ojo, came a distant third with one vote.
The poll results were announced on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) polling officer, Elizabeth Oregbemeh, after the voting exercise had been concluded.
Bamidele had earlier expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the Ekiti State governorship election, commending the impressive voter turnout across the state.
He also commended the electoral umpire for the prompt deployment of electoral officials and materials across 16 local governments of the state.
Of the 1,059,360 registered voters, according to the INEC, 1,028,929 collected their Permanent Voter Cards across the state.