Ekiti Assembly Poll: APC clears 23 seats, SDP picks two, One Constituency declared inconclusive

Adebayo Adenrele

Twenty-three Candidates of All Progressive Congress, APC vying at the state Assembly election in Ekiti State on Saturday have been declared winners in 23 Constituencies by Independent National Electoral commission INEC.

In a statement by the Ekiti State INEC, Head of voters Education and Publicity, Temitope Akanmu, APC won twenty three seats out of the twenty six seats in the Assembly while Social Democratic Party, SDP won two.

However, NEWSTODAYNG gathered that Ido/OSI constituency one was declared inconclusive due to the disruption of the exercise by suspected hoodlums.

The commission said supplementary election would be conducted in the constituency before a winner could be announced.

Some of the candidates of the All progressives Congress APC who won the election include Babafemi Fatula of Ikole constituency one, Ayo Adegbite of Ado constituency, Iyabo Fakunle Okieimen of Ilejemeje constituency, Idowu Odebunmi of Oye constituency two, Princess Teju Okunyiga of Gbonyin constituency, and Abimbola Solanke of Moba constituency one.

However, candidates of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Ekiti East constituency one, Dele Ogunsakin and that of the Ise/ Orun constituency, Omotayo Babatunde won two seats in the Assembly to defeat their closest APC rivals.