{"id":63002,"date":"2018-07-14T19:33:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T18:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63002"},"modified":"2018-07-14T19:33:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T18:33:18","slug":"eleka-i-will-win-ekiti-governorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/eleka-i-will-win-ekiti-governorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleka: I Will Win Ekiti Governorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy governor of Ekiti state and governorship candidate of the Peoples<br \/>\nDemocratic Party (PDP), Prof. Olusola Eleka has expressed optimism that he<br \/>\nwould win\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_68164581\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday\u2019s<\/span><\/span>\u00a0governorship election in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Eleka spoke shortly after he cast his vote at unit 001, ward 001, Okeruku,<br \/>\nin in Ikere-Ekiti.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy governor had earlier encountered challenges before he could<br \/>\nvote as a result of the non-recognition of his Permanent Voters Card<br \/>\n(PVC) by the card reader.<\/p>\n<p>Eleka eventually voted after officials of the Independent National<br \/>\nElectoral Commission (INEC) had replaced the card reader in his polling<br \/>\ncentre.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed worry over initial challenges experienced in voting, just as<br \/>\nhe observed that there are irregularities in some part of the state during<br \/>\nthe election.<\/p>\n<p>The governorship candidate raised the alarm over alleged attempts by the<br \/>\nAll Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the election by conniving with the<br \/>\nsecurity agencies and INEC.<\/p>\n<p>The election was going on peacefully in all parts of Ikere Local<br \/>\nGovernment Area as at press time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy governor of Ekiti state and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Olusola Eleka has expressed optimism that he would win\u00a0Saturday\u2019s\u00a0governorship election in the state. 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