Ekiti election: APC wins last assembly seat
The ruling All Progressives Congreses in Ekiti State has won the last and only supplementary election for Ekiti East Constituency on Saturday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the APC, by implication, now has total control of the state assembly, having won the 26 seats in the Parliament. According to the supplementary result announced by INEC Returning officer, Asiqua Chika, Adegbuyi Oluwajawa of APC polled 5,484 votes, to defeat his closest rival, Fajana Ojo Ade of the PDP who polled 3,258 votes.The rest are Omokan Adewole, PPN, 0; Florence Ojo, SDP, 3 and Ayeni Adebayo, ZLP, 0.
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