The Movement for Credible Elections has called for urgent investigations into allegations of vote buying, pre-thumbprinted ballot papers and the suspected distribution of uncollected voter cards during Saturday's Ekiti governorship election. The post #EkitiDecides2026: Group…
Ekiti has 1,059,360 registered voters, but only 1,028,929 of them who collected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were eligible to participate in the election. The post #EkitiDecides2026: Results from Wards, LGs (LIVE UPDATES) appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
The PDP candidate won with 113 votes at his polling unit. The post PDP’s Oluyede wins in polling unit appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Sinovuyo Dyokwe was shot and killed en-route home from a voter registration venue
As of 6 p.m., INEC had uploaded 34.60 per cent of the total polling unit results expected from Saturday's Ekiti State governorship election. The post #EkitiDecides2026: INEC uploads 34.6% of polling unit results on IReV appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
They urged INEC to ensure strict compliance with its guidelines on result management, including the prompt uploading of polling unit results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal, while also replacing malfunctioning BVAS machines where necessary. The post #EkitiDecides2026:…
Mr Oyebanji, who is seeking re-election for second term, won his polling unit with 326 votes. The post #EkitiDecides2026: Governor Oyebanji wins own polling unit appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
“We never had it so good,” says the official. The post #EkitiDecides2026: INEC official rates Ekiti election as peaceful, commends security agencies appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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