Isaac Fayose, a younger brother to former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has raised the alarm that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was distributing uncollected Permanent Voter Card, PVCs, to members of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

He made the allegation on Saturday as the Ekiti governorship election gets underway.

Major contestants in the election are the incumbent, Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the APC and Oluwole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

In the video he shared on X on Saturday, Fayose alleged widespread manipulation involving unclaimed voter cards.

“No opposition party can win election in Nigeria. Look at what INEC is doing in Ekiti. INEC is handing APC the voters cards that weren’t picked up.

“APC are now paying non-indigenes N20k to use those voters cards to vote for APC,” Fayose said.

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Results have started trickling in from the governorship election in Ekiti State.

The election was supposed to end at 2pm, but the law permits voters in the queue before the closing time to cast their votes.

In Polling Units where voting has ended and ballots counted, DAILY POST brings you live results.

Ekiti 2026 governorship election had 1.06m registered voters and 97.1% of Permanent Voter Cards were collected.

The election was conducted in 2,445 Polling Units in 177 Wards and 16 Local Government Areas.

14 candidates are vying for the state’s governorship sear in the polls.

RESULTS

Ugele/Akoku ward 3, PU003, Ikere LGA

APC: 104

PDP: 80

ADC: 2

Invalid: 9

Total votes: 195

Registered voters: 522

PU005, ward 06, Olope/Emila, Ijero LGA

APC: 143

ADC: 14

PDP: 10

PU011 ward 06, Oko-Agba, Ijero LGA

APC: 117

ADC: 9

PDP: 8

PU011 ward 06, Oko-Agba, Ijero LGA

APC: 117

ADC: 9

PDP: 8

Ekiti State Governor and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Biodun Oyebanji, recorded a decisive victory at the polling unit of the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, during Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

Announcing the result at the polling unit, the Presiding Officer, Mrs Elizabeth Oregbemeh, said Oyebanji secured 164 votes to defeat his closest challenger, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Dr Wole Oluyede, who polled eight votes.

She added that the candidate of the Action Democratic Party, ADP, Mr Ayodeji Ojo, received one vote.

Earlier, Senator Bamidele expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the election, describing the turnout of voters across the state as encouraging.

The Senate Leader also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the timely deployment of electoral personnel and voting materials across the 16 local government areas of Ekiti State.

According to figures released by INEC, the state has 1,059,360 registered voters, out of which 1,028,929 collected their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, ahead of the election.