The All Progressives Congress candidate in the
Ekiti State governorship election , Dr. Kayode
Fayemi , has won the poll held on Saturday.
From the results of the 16 local government
areas in the state , Fayemi defeated his closest
rival, Prof. Kolapo Olusola of the Peoples
Democratic Party , in 12 LGAs .
Fayemi polled 178, 913 while Olusola scored
178, 114 votes.
The election witnessed a large turnout of voters
and early arrival of the ad hoc staff and
supervisors of INEC at polling units .
Voting materials also arrived early in many
polling units across the state while voters
conducted themselves well during accreditation
process.
But tension set in as allegations of vote - buying
were levelled against party agents by voters in
some polling units . In some cases, the situation
led to friction among loyalists of various
political parties.
At Ward 12 in the Igbehin area of Ado - Ekiti , an
elderly voter , who spoke on condition of
anonymity , accused the All Progressives
Congress of offering N5 , 000 to those who had
the Permanent Voter Card to secure their votes
He said he rejected the offer
“ I was offered N5, 000 to vote for the party but I
rejected it . I am 73 years old retired teacher . I
cannot allow the future of my children to
bought by moneybags . I don ’ t how we
descended to this level when people brazenly
offer money to people to secure their votes . It
was not like this in the past. Will our votes
count with this problem ?” he asked.
In Ayegbaju and Oye- Ekiti , it was alleged that
party agents paid those who had no PVC
N2 , 000 to vote in connivance with the INEC
officials.
A source , who simply identified herself as
Bimbo, said after those who had PVC had
voted , some of the remaining ballot papers
were thumb - printed by youths who had no PVC
with the promise of financial gratification.
