By Rotimi Ojomoyela
Ado-Ekiti—The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded governorship election and the re-elected Governor in Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, has received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), pledging to deepen good governance and accelerate sustainable development across the State.
The National Commissioner in charge of Oyo, Ekiti and Osun States, Sam Olumekun, presented the certificate to Governor Oyebanji at a brief ceremony held at the INEC State Office in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
His running mate and incumbent Deputy Governor, Chief Monisade Afuye, also received her certificate at the event.
Recall that the Returning Officer for the election conducted by INEC, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, declared Oyebanji of the All Progressive Congress (APC) winner of Saturday’s governorship poll after he secured 319,224 votes to defeat his closest rival, Dr. Wole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 40,543 votes, while the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ambassador Dare Bejide, came a distant third with 12,872 votes.
