Tag: ekiti
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Fayemi’s victory, a demonstration of Ekiti people’s faith in APC – Ajimobi
Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has described the victory of Dr. Kayode Fayemi in the just-concluded gubernatorial election in Ekiti State as a demonstration of the people’s trust in the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party that has the capacity to liberate the state from mis-governance and gross under-development. The governor stated this…
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Ekiti poll: Tinubu congratulates Fayemi, commends Fayose, Eleka
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, said the election of Kayode Fayemi in Saturday’s Ekiti gubernatorial poll was a victory for the people. Tinubu made the declaration in a congratulatory message to Fayemi, the APC candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State. In a statement signed by his…
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Why we lost Ekiti governorship election – SDP
The Social Democratic Party (SDP), one of the contending political parties at the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State has explained why it lost in the contest. This was revealed in an interview on Sunday by a former Minister of Education and chieftain of the party, Prof Tunde Adeniran. The former PDP national chairmanship…
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Fayemi’s victory in Ekiti shows Nigerians love APC/Buhari-led government – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the victory of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, as an indication that Nigerians will accept President Muhammadu Buhari during next year’s presidential election. The minister, who spoke with journalists in Lagos on Sunday, hailed…
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Ekiti result cannot stand – PDP chairman Secondus
The National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has urged Nigerians who believe in democracy not to be deterred by the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti. Mr Secondus, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Ike Abonyi, on Sunday in Abuja, said the result of the poll would not stand…
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Ekiti election: I have never seen this type of political robbery in Nigeria’s history – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that what transpired during the Ekiti Governorship Election is the worst political robbery in the nation’s democratic history. Governor Wike said the APC Federal Government will not be able to replicate the Ekiti Political Robbery in Rivers State because Rivers people are fully prepared. Governor Wike spoke…
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Ekiti governorship election: Buhari congratulates Fayemi on his victory
President Muhammadu Buhari heartily congratulates Dr. John Kayode Fayemi on winning the Ekiti State governorship election. The President commends the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and all party supporters for the hard-fought victory after a dignified campaign. President Buhari urges the governor-elect and APC members to be magnanimous in victory as the incoming administration prepares…
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#EkitiDecides2018: APC wins Fayose’s local government
BREAKING: Fayemi wins Ekiti gubernatorial election [See Full results] The candidate of the All progressives Congress (APC) in the ongoing Ekiti State election has emerged victorious in Irepodun-Ifelodun Local Government Area. Kayode Fayemi of the APC polled 13,869 votes in the local government of the outgoing governor, Ayodele Fayose. The PDP had 11,456 votes. Even…
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#EkitiDecides2018: Impressive turn out as electorates decide next Ekiti governor
There was a massive turnout of voters in Ekiti as the accreditation and voting process got underway in Saturday ’s governorship election. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) monitoring the election across the three senatorial districts of the state report that many voters had arrived their polling units as early as 6.30 a.m. to…
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#EkitiDecides2018: Heavy security as governorship election commences
A security cordon has been thrown on Ekiti as the simultaneous accreditation and voting process is set to commence in Saturday ’s governorship election. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) spread across the three senatorial districts report that armed policemen and personnel of sister security agencies such as the NSCDC, NDLEA and the…