How Oyebanji Broke The Jinx, Won Ekiti Gov. Seat Back-to Back

For Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, it was not only a clean sweep across the 16 Local Government Areas of the State when the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared him the winner of the Governorship polls early Sunday morning he made history. He broke the jinx. He became the first Governor in Ekiti State to win back-to-back.

INEC had announced the registration of 988,923 eligible voters to participate in the election.

Of the figure, a total of 720,724 people collected their permanent voters cards.

The results announced by INEC indicates that a little well over 500,000 voters participated in the poll.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, had earlier boasted of polling 500,000 votes for its candidate, Governor Oyebanji.

On Sunday when  INEC declared APC’s candidate  and incumbent Governor,  winner of the governorship election, he polled less than 320,000 votes. He, however secured a swepy victory across all 16 local government areas of the state.

The Returning Officer for the election and Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Professor Adenike Oladiji, announced the results in the early hours of Sunday, confirming Oyebanji’s dominance over his closest rivals, Dr. Wole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Results collated from the 16 local government areas showed that Oyebanji polled a total of 319,224 votes, while Oluyede garnered 40,543 votes and Bejide secured 12,872 votes.

Oyebanji defeated Oluyede by a margin of 278,681 votes and Bejide by 306,352 votes, underlining the scale of his victory.

The APC candidate recorded victories in all the councils, underscoring his overwhelming statewide acceptance and the strength of the ruling party’s grassroots structure.