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BREAKING: APC’s Biodun Oyebanji Wins 2026 Ekiti Governorship Election With 319,224 Votes, Defeats PDP’s Oluyede, ADC’s Bejide
According to the final results announced by INEC, the APC candidate recorded a landslide victory over his rivals, sweeping past the PDP and ADC candidates by a wide margin.
Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State– The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Biodun Oyebanji, as the winner of the 2026 governorship election in Ekiti State.
Oyebanji was returned elected after polling a total of 319,224 votes, defeating his closest challenger, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Wole Oluyede, who secured 40,543 votes.
The candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dare Bejide, came a distant third in the keenly contested election with 12,872 votes.
Announcing the result, the Presiding Officer, Professor Adenike Oladiji, declared that Oyebanji, having scored the highest number of lawful votes cast in the election, was duly elected governor of Ekiti State.
According to the final results announced by INEC, the APC candidate recorded a landslide victory over his rivals, sweeping past the PDP and ADC candidates by a wide margin.
“That Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” Professor Oladiji announced.
