Ekiti LG polls: APC sweeps all 38 chairmanship, 177 Councillor seats

By Ismail Azeez

Candidates of the All Progressives Congress(APC), have won all 38 chairmanship and 177 councillorship seats in Saturday’s council elections in Ekiti.

Announcing the results in Ado Ekiti on Sunday, the State Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC) Chairman, Justice Cornelius Akintayo rtd said the ruling party’s candidates were returned in all 38 Chairmanship and 177 Councillorship seats.

Akintayo made the announcement after Returning Officers in all the Local Government Areas (LGAs) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) presented the results of the various council areas in the situation room.

Addressing the gathering, Akintayo rtd commended the people of the state for the peaceful atmosphere under which the election was conducted.

He said their “sportsmanship spirit as well as the staff who worked on the field, the security agents and the media” did a good job.

EKSIEC Commissioners and principal officers joined their Chairman at the presentation of the election results.

Political parties on the ballot of the election include Action Alliance (AA), Action Democratic Party (ADC), African Democratic Party (ADP), All Progressives Congress (APC), Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), People’s Redemption Party (PRP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).