Oyebanji Wins Second Term in Ekiti Governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Biodun Oyebanji, winner of the Ekiti State governorship election held on Saturday.
Oyebanji secured a second term in office after polling 319,224 votes, defeating his closest challengers — Olumuyokun Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), announced the results in the early hours of Sunday at INEC’s headquarters on Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Declaring the result, Oladiji said:
“Therefore, I, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, the Returning Officer for the 2026 Ekiti governorship election, hereby declare that Oyebanji Abiodun Abayomi, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is duly elected and returned as winner, and stands re-elected.”
According to the final results, the APC polled 319,224 votes, while the PDP candidate garnered 40,533 votes. The ADC candidate came third with 12,872 votes.
INEC disclosed that Ekiti State has 988,251 registered voters, out of which 384,940 voters were accredited for the election.
A total of 382,109 votes were cast, with 375,777 valid votes recorded.
In a significant outcome, the PDP candidate, who hails from Efon-Alaaye in Efon Local Government Area, lost in his own local government to the APC.
In Efon LGA, APC polled 8,742 votes, while the PDP came second with 2,051 votes.
Below are the results from the 16 local government areas as collated at the State Collation Centre:
Efon LGA
ADC – 201
APC – 8,742
PDP – 2,051
Ijero LGA
ADC – 2,026
APC – 25,506
PDP – 2,479
Ikere LGA
ADC – 245
APC – 11,116
PDP – 9,872
Emure LGA
ADC – 732
APC – 14,325
PDP – 851
Ekiti South West LGA
ADC – 1,076
APC – 14,705
PDP – 1,800
Ido/Osi LGA
ADC – 561
APC – 17,901
PDP – 1,449
Ekiti West LGA
ADC – 674
APC – 28,258
PDP – 3,644
Ado LGA
ADC – 1,054
APC – 38,026
PDP – 3,817
Ilejemeje LGA
ADC – 579
APC – 8,984
PDP – 1,243
Ise/Orun LGA
ADC – 365
APC – 12,907
PDP – 1,627
Oye LGA
ADC – 998
APC – 18,975
PDP – 2,891
Moba LGA
ADC – 994
APC – 20,500
PDP – 1,572
Ayekire/Gbonyin LGA
ADC – 314
APC – 17,133
PDP – 1,563
Ikole LGA
ADC – 812
APC – 26,508
PDP – 750
Irepodun/Ifelodun LGA
ADC – 511
APC – 29,278
PDP – 2,119
Ekiti East LGA
ADC – 1,730
APC – 26,359
PDP – 2,795
The results further underscored the APC’s dominance across all 16 local government areas, with Governor Oyebanji recording a landslide victory to retain the governorship seat.
