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Ekiti Guber: Stop weaponising poverty via voter inducement – Yiaga Africa, IPC, urge political parties
Civil society organisations under the European Union Support for Democratic Governance in Nigeria, EU-SDGN, the Election Observation Hub, have called on political parties and candidates contesting the Ekiti State governorship election to refrain from voter inducement and uphold democratic values throughout the electoral process.
The groups warned political actors against the weaponisation of poverty through vote buying, insisting that the electorate should be allowed to make their choices freely without coercion or financial inducements.
The call was made in a preliminary election assessment released on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti by representatives of the observation hub, which comprises the Kukah Centre (TKC), TAF Africa, the Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF), Yiaga Africa, the International Press Centre (IPC) and the Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO).
Presenting the statement were Samson Itodo of Yiaga Africa, Asabe Ndahi of the Kukah Centre, Akin Akingbulu of CEMESO, Lanre Arogundade of IPC, Brenda Anugwom of the Nigerian Women Trust Fund, and Jake Epelle of TAF Africa.
The report read in part, “Our recommendation to political parties and candidates: One, they should desist from weaponising poverty through voter inducement and vote buying.
“Two, they should restrain their party agents from unruly conduct and behaviour at the polling units and collation centres.
“Three, they should admonish their supporters to remain law-abiding and refrain from acts of thuggery and violence.
“And five, for the political parties and candidates, they should respect the choice of the Ekiti people.
“This is a preliminary time-bound assessment based on information available as of 2 p.m. today.
“The EU-SDGN Election Observation Hub will continue to monitor the remainder of the voting process, the collation and announcement of results and will issue a further statement at the end of the election”.
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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
PU011 ward 06, Oko-Agba, Ijero LGA
APC: 117
ADC: 9
PDP: 8
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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.
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Voters on Saturday chased away operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Iyin-Ekiti during the ongoing 2026 Ekiti State governorship election.
The EFCC personnel were said to have stormed the polling unit to monitor and crack down on suspected vote-buying activities.
The voters were reportedly angered and resisted their presence and questioned their deployment, demanding their immediate departure.
The voters were said to have chased off the anti-graft operatives, forcing them to leave the scene while allowing the voting process to continue without any further interruption.
The drama unfolded amidst a wave of massive vote-buying allegations rocking the governorship race across different parts of Ekiti State.
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