{"id":96136,"date":"2022-06-19T09:20:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T08:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96136"},"modified":"2022-06-19T09:20:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T08:20:41","slug":"breaking-inec-declares-apcs-oyebanji-winner-of-ekiti-governorship-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-inec-declares-apcs-oyebanji-winner-of-ekiti-governorship-election\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: INEC Declares APC\u2019s Oyebanji Winner Of Ekiti Governorship Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1736042934913046092\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Biodun Oyebanji, the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Returning Officer for the election, Prof Kayode Adebowale, who is the Vice Chancellor, the University of Ibadan, announced the results.<\/p>\n<p>Adebowale said, \u201cOyebanji, having scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and returned elected as the governor-elect of Ekiti State.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The APC scored 187,057 votes to defeat its closest rival, the SDP, which garnered 82,211 votes, the PDP, which got 67,457 votes and 13 other parties which participated in Saturday\u2019s governorship election.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nOut of the 360,753 votes cast, the total valid votes in the election were 351,865.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">While the agent of SDP, Owoseeni Ajayi, did not sign the forms for the votes cast, the agent of the ADP, said, \u201cInstead of having polling centres, what we have in Ekiti are vote-buying centres\u201d.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/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>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Biodun Oyebanji, the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election. 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