Nigeria: Ekiti - As Fayemi Emerges Winner

Streets of major towns in Ekiti State yesterday morning, especially within the state capital, erupted in wild jubilations yesterday, as thousands of members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Governor-elect Kayode Fayemi, as the Independent National Electoral Commission declare the winner of the July 14 governorship election.

The announcement of the result which lasted all night till rye early hours of yesterday was followed by the declaration by the Returning Officer, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka around 8:am in the morning, f Dr Fayemi as the winner of the poll and governor-elect elicited wild jubilation across Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

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