ekiti election update

A National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission in charge of Election Operations and Logistics, Mrs Aminat Zakari, has given the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, 48 hours to apologise publicly to her for accusing her of working with the All Progressives Congress...

The All Progressives Congress candidate in the Ekiti State governorship election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has won the poll held on Saturday. From the results of the 16 local government areas in the state, Fayemi defeated his closest rival, Prof. Kolapo Olusola … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

VIDEO: While votes counting is ongoing, PDP supporters celebrate ‘victory’on the street of Ado Ekiti... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2NRqsu0 Get More Nigeria Political News

The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has shut down the Ekiti State Broadcasting Service for breaching provision of the broadcasting code. The NBC said the shutdown became necessary following the illegal announcement of the … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2mgzaFl Get...

The Olukere of Ikere, Oba Ganiu Obasoyin, has urged political parties to accept results of the Saturday’s governorship election when announced in the spirit of peace and stability. He said the election has been peaceful in his Odo Ise ward, unit 2 in the … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

As residents anxiously await the result of Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti, preparations for the final collation and announcement of the outcome of the crucial poll reached a feverish pitch at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission on New Iyin Road in...

VOTE-buying, multiple voting and ballot-snatching, yesterday, characterised the governorship election in Ekiti State which witnessed a large turn out of voters across the state....... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2zBMeyQ Get More Nigeria Political News

We called you here to intimate the public through your various media organisations of the movement of huge cash by the federal government to Ekiti State for the.... Read more via ScanNews Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2LirRrG Get More Nigeria Political News

OUTGOING governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has warned his party agents to make sure ballot boxes in their various polling units are not carted away by political thugs. Two parties are the major contenders in the gubernatorial election. The PDP is the ruling party while APC is the...

Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, on Saturday described the state governorship election as national embarrassment. Addressing journalists shortly after voting in his ward 001, St. David’s Primary School, Maternity Area, Afao, he said the election was compromised by security agents. READ...

The timetable for the Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections coming up in 2018 has been released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said INEC has... Read more via Nigerian Monitor News – https://ift.tt/2xk47M7 Get More...

The results , as released by the polling agents , are as follow : APC- 186 PDP – 2 APA – 1 Unused papers – 145 Total registered voters – 345 READ MORE HERE

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says at the end of voting in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti, the exercise recorded 90 per cent success. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2KURKlc Get More Nigeria...

The Olukere of Ikere-Ekiti, Oba Ganiyu Obasanyin, has declared that the Ikere-Ekiti community was not in support of the candidature of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship .... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2um4cQG Get More Nigeria Political News

A former Minister of Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has lauded the conduct of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the Ekiti State governorship poll. Adeyeye, who defected to the All Progressives Congress, said although some... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2zLfrHk Get...

There have been at least two cases of ballot box snatching witnessed by PREMIUM TIMES observers in the Ekiti State election. One of the cases was successful with no suspect arrested, while in the other case, security operatives stopped the thugs from snatching the box. … Read more via...

Olufemi Atoyebi, Isan Ekiti The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the Ekiti State governorship election, Kayode Fayemi, has said that he could not afford not to have his wife’s vote, saying it’s one vote he could not afford to lose. Fayemi’s wife, Erelu Bisi, had difficulty...

The voting exercise is almost rounding off at polling unit 001, ward 1, Afao-Ekiti local government area where Ayodele Fayose, incumbent governor of Ekiti state, is expected to vote but surprisingly, he is yet to exercise his right. READ MORE HERE