Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have emerged winners of yesterday’s Local Government Council election in Ekiti State.
Justice Jide Aladejana , chairman of State Independent Electoral Commission, SIEC, who announced the results of the council polls today, said that four political parties fielded candidates for the council election including the APC and the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
Declaring the results today, Aladejana said , the APC candidate in Ado Local Government , Mrs Motunde Fajuyi polled a total of 27,578 votes to defeat four other candidates in the election.
The winners are: Ido/Osi, Adeola Adedimeji Lawrence (APC) who polled 15,879 to emerge victorious; Ekiti East, Ogunjobi Esan, 11, 946; Efon, Adetunji Bode Stephen, 9,356, Ekiti Southwest, Amire Kola Kolade, 11,397; Ilejemeje, Akinola Oladunjoye, 5,477 and Moba, Aborisade Michael, 13,028.
Ijero: Hon Ropo Ige (16,744 ) , Ikere: Mr. Oluwafemi Ayodele (13, 244), Gbonyin: Hon Ayodele Fadumiye (13,320), Emure : Hon Paul Awopetu (11, 392), Ise/Orun: Mr. Mr Alabi Olanrewaju (12, 400 ), Ekiti West : Kareem Agunbiade (21, 874) , Ikole : Mr. Sola Olominu polled (21,228), Oye: Mr. Foluso James Ojo (20,352) and in Irepodun/Ifelodun, Mr Shina Ogunleye won with 22,896.
Meanwhile, the State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party has rejected the results of the election, calling for outright cancellation. The party’s spokesperson, Gboyega Oguntuase, who addressed journalists in Ado-Ekiti today, said the election was a ‘mere jamboree’ as it failed to meet the minimum standard, describing it as the worst ever in the political history of the state.
“The Ekiti PDP out rightly reject the results of Saturday’s council in totality. What we had was a mere tragedy and comedy. It was comedy in the sense that it was a drama of people who wanted to imitate or let the activities have semblance of democracy while truly the essence of democracy was bastardised.
“In all the 16 local government and 177 wards there was truly no election. For proper election to hold, there are certain materials that are important. But I want to tell you categorically that in Ilejemeje, Ido-Osi, Ise/Orun, Ikere, Ikole and other councils ballot papers and boxes were not supplied.
“We were surprised that in area where there was no election results were announced. What happened in Kogi state was exactly what Governor Kayode Fayemi and his men did in Ekiti”.
Oguntuase, however, declared seven day of mourning period for the killing of Dotun Kosedake and four others who sustained injuries and are currently receiving treatment at the intensive care unit of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital.
However, Aladejana, denied the widespread allegation that there was sporadic shooting which led to the death of Dotun Kosedake at Okitiko unit, Araromi ward in Ikere. “Nobody was killed at ward 7 unit 006 in Ikere on Saturday. Nobody was shot. Though, we heard that someone came violently and made away with unused ballot papers. Even in the whole unit, there were just 280 registered voters and this does not in any way vitiate the outcome,” he said.