By Amos Ogunrinde

INEC Releases final list of Governorship, Deputy Governorship candidates for June 20 Election in Ekiti State

The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the final list of governorship and deputy governorship candidates for the June 20 election in Ekiti State.

However, the names of the Peoples’ Democratic party Candidate, Dr Wole Oluyede and his  Social Democratic Party counterpart, David Bankole were missing from the list which have twelve other candidates.

The final list was posted on the INEC notice board at the commission’s state headquarters in Ado Ekiti.

Spokesperson for the PDP candidate, Mr Gani Salau, expressed confidence that Dr Oluyede would still participate, noting that the party has filed two court cases: one seeking a stay of execution/appeal against the court order for fresh PDP primaries, and another requesting that INEC publish Oluyede’s name as the party’s candidate for the governorship election.

Similarly, SDP State Chairman, Ayodele Bamikole, said the party would pursue legal avenues to ensure its candidate is included in the list.

INEC had released a provisional list on December 29, 2025, giving parties until January 12, 2026, to make corrections or substitutions before publishing the final list in line with election guidelines.

The federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti had last week nullified the PDP primary election conducted in November last year which produced Dr Wole Oluyede as its Governorship candidate and ordered the conduct of a fresh primary.

Edited by Taiwo Akinola