LIVE UPDATES: Ekiti governorship election

The PDP won Omuo Ward 7 Unit 7, which is the polling unit of Senator Biodun Olujimi. Olujimi is a serving Senator on the platform of the PDP.

PDP-147, APC -111

Governor Ayodele Fayose on Saturday asked his loyalists to protect the ballot boxes in their communities, even at the risk to their own lives.

In a video by Channels Television, the Ekiti incumbent governor was seen with an entourage and receiving a phone call, where he told the caller, “Even if they are going to cut your neck there, let them cut your neck, just make sure the boxes are there.”

Someone from the entourage handed another phone and after listening for a while, Fayose told the caller, “I don’t want to hear stories, eh! Go and protect your votes.

“Don’t come back to Ado Ekiti without protecting the ballot boxes they are carting away.

“Someone they cart away his ballot box should better remain in his community.

“Armed robber come to your house and you allow him to carry your load away.”

Governor Fayose voted at his polling unit earlier in the day.

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Mr. Akin Ayegbusi, lost at his polling unit, Usin Ward 2 unit 2 in Ikole Local Government.

APC – 104, PDP – 72, SDP – 9.

The party agent of the. SDP said he agreed with the result

Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the Ekiti governorship election, Prof. Kolapo Olusola Eleka has been declared the winner in his polling unit by polling 452 votes, while APC candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, scored 105.

Other results are as follow:

DPC 1 vote, APA 1 vote, PANDEL 1 vote, PPA 3 votes

APC deputy governorship candidate, Bisi Egbeyemi, wins unit with 177 to PDP 130

Vote counting begins at ward 4 unit 11, Ijigbo

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Ekiti State Governorship Election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has been declared the winner in his polling unit of Isan Ward 11 Unit 9.

The results, as released by the polling agents are as follow:

APC- 186, PDP – 2, APA – 1, Unused papers – 145, Total registered voters – 345

At Unit 005 Ward 006 in Emure, PDP wins

PDP- 168, APC 56, AD -1, ANRP -1, Rejected votes -6

Counting in progress at Fayemi’s ward

Sorting in progress with two party agents observing the process