The INEC in Ekiti State has announced the result of the presidential election held in the country yesterday.
INEC state Collation Officer and vice Chancellor of the federal University of Health Sciences, Ila Orangun, Osun State, professor Akeem Lasisi announced the result at the state Collation Centre in Ado Ekiti after the collation officers from the 16 council Areas presented their Results one after the other.
He explained that out of the 18 registered politcal parties that took part in the exercise, APC got the highest number of votes with two hundred and one thousand, four hundred and ninety four.
Also, the PDP came second with eighty nine thousand, five hundred and fifty four votes while Labour party polled eleven thousand, three hundred and ninety seven votes, as New Nigerian Peoples’ Party secured two hundred and sixty four votes.
Professor Lasisi said the total number of Vote cast was three hundred and fourteen thousand, four hundred and seventy eight while over six thousand votes were rejected.
The INEC State Collation Officer said Ekiti State had 986 thousand, seven hundred and seventy seven registered voters out of Which 315 thousand and 58 were accredited for the election.
On his part, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, professor Ayobami Salami thanked all the stakeholders for their support which led to the peaceful conduct of the exercise.
All the party agents at the state Collation Centre signed the result sheets and collected one copy each.
