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    #EkitiDecides2018: Results trickle in as counting continues

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    Sorting and counting have commenced at most of the polling units across the Southwest sate of Ekiti as voting for the governorship election enters latter stages.

    The two leading candidates in the Ekiti governorship election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and Prof. Olusola Eleka won in their polling units as counting began after voting on Saturday.

    Olusola Eleka, who is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate scored 452 votes in his unit in Ikere Ekiti, while Dr John Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scored 105 votes.

    There are 1,103 registered voters in Unit 007, Ward 2, Okekuru, Ikere-Ekiti, where the PDP candidate voted.

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    The reverse was the case at Fayemi’s polling unit of Isan Ward II Unit 9. While Fayemi polled 186 votes, Olusola Eleka got only 2 votes.

    In Polling Unit 7 ward 9 Olora layout on Adebayo Street in Ado Ekiti, while PDP polled 257 votes, the APC trailed with 202 votes.

    Here are some of the other results:

    Oke Mesi
    APC 167
    PDP 39

    PU 01, R/A 4, Ado LGA:
    APC – 336
    PDP – 580

    PU 10, R/A 04, Ado LGA:
    APC – 226
    PDP – 344

    PU 010, ward 06, Oye LGA:
    APC – 84
    PDP – 68

    PU 008, Ward 09, Ado LGA.
    APC – 296
    PDP – 329

    Ward 3, Efon Alaaye LGA, Ekiti:
    APC-535
    PDP-599

    Ise/Omu LGA, Ward 2,PU 6, Odo Ise II
    ACD-1,
    ADP-1,
    APC-162,
    PDP-65,
    FJP-1,
    PDC-1,
    PPA-1,
    SDP-1

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