Updated: INEC announces election result in five local governments; shelves further announcement till Sunday (tomorrow) when elections are expected to be completed in two wards in Oye -Ekiti.
The first official results shows that Action Congress leads in Gbonyin Local Government area of Ekiti State. Elections results in 8 local governments announced so far, AC is leading in five; while the PDP leads in three local governments. There are conflicting reports regarding the status of electionresults from Ekiti's largest local government area, Ido-Osi, where opposition politicians have expressed concern that the ruling party, PDP, has perfected its rigging strategy.
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1. Gbonyin LGA:
AC- 2,871 votes
PDP-1,925
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2. Ise -Orun LGA
AC: 4,221
PDP:3,864
3: Ekiti -East LGA:
AC-3,800
PDP- 4,739
4. Ifelodun/Irepodun LGA
AC: 5,702
PDP: 4,087
5. Ijero LGA
AC-1,881
PDP-5,121
6. Ikole LGA
AC:3,639
PDP: 4,491
7.Ekiti South West LGA
AC: 351
PDP: 423
Results of elections suspended as INEC awaits results from Ido-Osi in Ekiti where it was reported that a woman who joined to resist ballot stuffing was killed by the police. A deputy Inspector General of Police, John Ahmadu, tipped to become the new IG is overseeing the elections on behalf of the Nigerian police.
More to come...
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