The former secretary to the Ekiti State Government, Biodun Oyebanji has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Primary election
He polled 101,703 votes to beat other aspirants.
Seven aspirants had shunned the exercise following alleged manipulation of the process by the state government.
The aggrieved aspirants claimed the process was manipulated to favour Mr. Oyebanji who is tagged Governor Kayode Fayemi’s preferred choice by distributing voting materials earlier than scheduled among other grounds.
They warned that the controversial primary will not be acceptable and may spell doom for the party.
Earlier in the day, Oyebanji described the process of the primary as flawless, disagreeing with claims that he’s the closest and most favoured by the governor among all the aspirants.
Breakdown of the result.
Bamidele Faparusi- 376
Ojo Kayode-767
Opeyemi Bamidele- 760
Dayo Adeyeye- 691
Femi Bamisile-400
Oyebanji Abiodun -101,703
Toyin Afolabi- 47
Demola Popoola- 239
