… Secures Ekiti North Senatorial Seat
By Amos Ogunrinde
The INEC in Ekiti State has announced the result of the presidential election held in the country yesterday.
INEC state collation officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila Orangun, Osun State, Professor Akeem Lasisi announced the result at the state collation centre in Ado Ekiti after the collation officers from the 16 local government Areas presented their Results one after the other.
He explained that out of the 18 registered political parties that took part in the exercise, APC got the highest number of votes with two hundred and one thousand, four hundred and ninety-four.
The PDP came second with eighty-nine thousand, five hundred and fifty-four votes while the Labour party polled eleven thousand, three hundred and ninety-seven votes, as New Nigerian Peoples’ Party secured two hundred and sixty-four votes.
Professor Lasisi said the total number of vote cast was three hundred and fourteen thousand, four hundred and seventy-eight while over six thousand votes were rejected.
The INEC State Collation Officer said Ekiti State had nine hundred and eighty-six thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven registered voters out of Which three hundred and fifteen thousand and fifty-eight were accredited for the election.
On his part, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Ayobami Salami thanked all the stakeholders for their support which led to the peaceful conduct of the exercise.
All the party agents at the state Collation Centre signed the result sheets and collected one copy each.
Similarly, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the APC Senatorial candidate for Ekiti North, Mr Cyril Fasuyi as the winner of the Senatorial election held yesterday.
INEC Returning officer for Ekiti North, Professor Dosu Malomo announced the result in Ido Ekiti.
Professor Malomo said Mr Cyril Fasuyi of the APC scored fifty-four thousand, two hundred and twenty-four votes to beat his co-contestants.
He said the PDP candidate, Mr Funso Ayeni polled thirty-nine thousand, nine hundred and seventy-six to come second while Akinloye Oladele of the SDP came third with one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-nine votes.
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