Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Biodun
Oyebanji, has expressed optimism of becoming the next governor of Ekiti State.
He spoke after voting in the ongoing governorship election
in the state
The APC candidate was accredited alongside his wife, Prof.
Olayemi at ward 06, unit 03, Okelele Area of Ikogosi-Ekiti.
He expressed confidence that he will win the contested
election with a wide margin.
“This is an improvement and my expectation is that I will
win . I am happy that there was no case of apathy. The security build up has
also been impressive, so the process has been good and fine.
“I am coming with a change agenda and my manifesto is clear
about the changes I am bringing,” he said.
According to Independent National Electoral Commission,
there are 988,923 registered voters across 16 Local Government Areas of Ekiti
State for election.
The election will hold in 2,445 Polling Units in 177
Registration Areas, in three Senatorial Districts, six Federal Constituencies
and 26 State Constituencies across the states.
A total number of 16 candidates and parties are contesting
the governorship election.
As of June 13, a total of 749,065 Permanent Voter Cards had
been collected by registered voters in the State.
INEC said voting shall be by continuous accreditation and
voting system.
The accreditation process shall comprise authentication and
verification of voters, using the 3,346 Bimodal Accreditation System (BVAS)
deployed by INEC.
The accreditation and voting are expected to commence at
8:30 a.m. and close at 2:30 p.m. provided that any voter already in the queue
shall be allowed to vote.
After an election and completion of the results management
procedure at the polling unit, the Presiding Officers are expected to transmit
a clear image of the result sheet (form EC8A) for purpose of collation.
The result will thereafter be transmitted to INEC Result
Viewing portal (IREV).
It would also be delivered by hand the hard copy of the form
EC8A and the BVAS to the Registration Area (RA) collation officer to ensure
that the number of accredited voters contained in the machine is the same thing
in the form EC8A.
The candidates are Abiodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Olabisi Kolapo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and
Olusegun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Others are Reuben Famuyibo of Accord (A), Ajagunigbale
Olajide of African Action Congress (AAC), Oluwole Oluyede of the African
Democratic Congress (ADC), Elebute-Halle Kemi of Action Democratic Party (ADP)
and Benjamin Obidoyin of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Also contesting are Fagbemi Adegbenro of Allied Peoples
Movement (APM), Christiana Olatawura of All People’s Party (APP), Daramola
Olugbenga Onile of Labour Party (LP), Fatomilola Oladosu of New Nigeria Peoples
Party (NNPP) and Iyaniwura Ifedayo of the National Rescue Movement (NRM).
Also in the race are Agboola Ben of the Peoples Redemption
Party, Adebowale Oluranti Ajayi of Young Progressives Party (YPP) and Adeolu
Akinyemi of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
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