Oyebanji Secures Second Term as APC Sweeps All 16 Ekiti LGAs

Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been re-elected as Governor of Ekiti State after recording a landslide victory in Saturday's governorship election, winning all 16 local government areas of the state.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Oyebanji the winner in the early hours of Sunday after he secured 319,224 votes, defeating his closest challengers—Olumayokun Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 40,533 votes, and Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), who garnered 12,872 votes.

The Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, announced the final results at the INEC State Collation Centre on Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti.

Declaring the result, Oladiji said:

"Therefore, I, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, the Returning Officer for the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election, hereby declare that Oyebanji Abiodun Abayomi, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of valid votes, is duly elected and returned as the Governor of Ekiti State."

INEC said the state has 988,251 registered voters, while 384,940 voters were accredited for the election. A total of 382,109 votes were cast, out of which 375,777 were declared valid.

The election underscored the APC's dominance in the state, with Oyebanji winning in all 16 local government areas. Notably, the PDP candidate, Oluyede, was defeated in his home local government, Efon LGA, where the APC polled 8,742 votes against the PDP's 2,051 votes.

The outcome gives Oyebanji a second term in office and further strengthens the APC's hold on Ekiti State following a decisive statewide victory.