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How APC’s Biodun Oyebanji beats PDP, SDP to win Ekiti Governorship election

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Biodun Oyebanji, former secretary to the state government (SSG) and the Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the just concluded Ekiti State Governorship election, has been declared the winner of the Ekiti governorship election.

This was disclosed by Kayode Oyebode, the returning officer for the election, in the early hours of Sunday.

According to him, the APC won 15 out of the 16 local government areas in the state and polled 187,057 votes.

How APC won the state

  • Oyebanji polled 187,057 votes
  • His closest challenger, Mr Segun Oni, of the Social Democratic Party, scored 82,211 votes
  • While the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bisi Kolawole, scored 67,457 votes. Kolawole won his LGA, Efon, where he scored 6,303 to beat APC’s 4,012 and SDP’s 339 votes.