Nigeria Decides 2023: Tinubu wins Ekiti in a landslide
INEC adjourns collation till 11am on Monday
Joel Oladele-Abuja
The official results from the 16 local government Areas of Ekiti as announced by the Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC) has indicated that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the state in a landslide.
Presenting the results at the International Conference Center (ICC), Abuja, the State Collation Officer for Presidential Election(SCOPE), Ekiti; Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun, Professor Akeem Lasisi said there are 987,647 total registered voters across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state.
However, 315,058 were Accredited, a total of 314472 were cast, out of which
308171 were valid while 6301 were rejected.
He added that there were 1786 of cancelled votes due to bypassing of BVAS and over voting at some units
The results as presented show that while Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of APC scored 201494, his closest rival, Peter Obi of Labor Party scored 11397 votes while Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of PDP scored 89554 votes.
Other parties and their score includes:
Party A – 69, AA – 29, AAC – 108, ADC – 1337, ADP – 737, APGA – 268, APM – 46
APP – 91, BP – 46, NNPP – 264, SDP – 2011, YPP – 81 and ZLP – 460
The Ekiti State results remain the first and the only one to be announced out of the 36 states of the Federation and Federal Capital Territorial (FCT).
In his remarks, the INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu said the commission is still waiting for the results from other states, he explained that the delay is due to logistics challenges which they are working towards to ensure a seamless process.
He therefore adjourned the collation till 11am on Monday while INEC resumes activities at the situation room.
The Collation Officer for Presidential Election(SCOPE) was accompanied by the INEC Resident Electoral Commission(REC), Ekiti State; Professor Ayodele Salami for the presentation.
