Ekiti goes to the polls today to elect the next governor that will take over from Governor Kayode Fayemi, get all the live updates here.
It’s the D-Day for the people of Ekiti State to decide on their next governor. In today’s election, 16 political parties will contest to produce the next governor that will succeed the administration of the incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and 13 other political parties are set for the showdown.
The Independent Electoral Commission has announced that Accreditation and Voting shall commence at 8:30 am and close at 2:30 p.m.
The electoral body in a tweet on Saturday, June 18, 2022, said any registered voter who joins the queue before 2.30p.m would be accredited to vote, but anyone who comes after 2.30 pm would not be allowed to join the queue.
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The accreditation process shall comprise authentication and verification of voters, using the 3,346 Bimodal Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed by INEC.
With 988,923 registered voters, the election will hold in 2,445 Polling Units (PUs) in 177 Registration Areas, in three Senatorial Districts, six Federal Constituencies, and 26 State Constituencies across the states.
I haven’t stepped down for anyone – Segun Oni (9:05 AM)
The SDP candidate, Segun Oni, has debunked the rumor going rounds that he has withdrawn from the race to support the PDP candidate, Kolawole.
This was contained in a statement issued by his director of media and publicity, Jackson Adebayo, on Saturday morning.
“The statement circulated on social media over the night isn’t true. Chief Segun Oni didn’t step down for anyone. It’s those that are scared of losing and have seen that we’re winning that are circulating it,” Adebayo said.
PDP candidate voted (9:02AM)
The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Bisi Kolawole, has cast his vote at Efon Alaye.
Presiding officer and assistant presiding officer set up the voting arena at polling unit 08:Ward 7, Ado Local Government with security officers and some early voters present.
