The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared 23 All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates winners of Saturday’s election to the Ekiti State House of Assembly, each securing victory in their respective constituencies. In addition, two Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidates were declared winners, while one state constituency was deemed inconclusive.
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Ekiti State, Prof. Ayobami Salami, explained that the election in Ido/Osi State Constituency 1 was inconclusive because the margin‑of‑lead principle required supplementary elections in three polling units before a clear winner could be identified. According to a statement from Temitope Akanmu, Head of Voter Education and Publicity for INEC Ekiti State, violent disruptions occurred in three polling units—PU 003, PU 012, and PU 014—in Registration Area (Ward) 01 of Ido/Osi State Constituency 1.
The SDP’s Babatunde Omotayo won the Ise/Orun State Constituency with 7,498 votes, defeating APC candidate Moses Ajayi, who received 6,798 votes, and PDP candidate Kehinde Ogunlade, who garnered 582 votes. In Ekiti East 1, SDP candidate Oladele Ogunsakin secured victory with 4,566 votes, beating APC’s Abraham Fatoba (3,595 votes) and PDP’s Emmanuel Adeyemi (22 votes).
The APC candidates who emerged victorious in their constituencies include Deputy Speaker Hakeem Jamiu (Irepodun/Ifelodun II); House Committee on Media and Publicity Chairman Adeoye Aribasoye (Ikole II); former Commissioner for Women Affairs Mariam Ogunlade (Emure); former Commissioner for Environment Iyabo Fakunle‑Okhiemen (Ilejemeje); Abimbola Solanke (Moba 1); Adeyinka Adegbite (Ado 1); and Bolaji Olagbaju (Ado II). Additional APC winners are Adeteju Okuyiga (Ayekire/Gbonyin), Yinka Olowookere (Efon), Oluwole Akanle (Ekiti East II), Kareem Atunbiade (Ekiti West 1), Johnson Bode‑Adeoye (Ekiti West II), Anthony Adaramodu (Ekiti Southwest 1), Michael Ige (Ekiti Southwest II), Ebenezar Ayorinde (Ido/Osi 2), Ademola Ojo (Ijero), Babatunde Oke (Ikere 1), Babatunde Idowu (Ikere II), Sunday Fatunla (Ikole 1), Olanrewaju Akindele (Irepodun/Ifelodun 1), Adeyemi Awoniyi (Moba II), Ademola Longe (Oye 1), and Sunday Odebunmi (Oye II).
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