Ekiti Governorship Race: Three Parties Contest 1 Million Votes

As 1,059,360 registered voters head to the polls today to elect Ekiti State’s next governor, the APC, PDP, and ADC are each expressing supreme confidence in victory.

While the ruling APC is aiming for a clean sweep across all 16 local government areas, the opposition PDP and ADC maintain they have enough ground support to claim at least 10 LGAs each.

Reinforcing his party’s optimism, APC State Publicity Secretary Segun Dipe stated: “Our expectation in the governorship election is to win by a landslide. We have a target of 500,000 votes, and we intend to exceed that figure.”

“We are looking at winning 16 out of 16 local governments, 177 out of 177 wards, 2,445 out of 2,445 polling units.”

Meanwhile, ADC State Secretary Jackson Adebayo remained confident of a win, despite fears over vote-buying and the influence of incumbency.

Adebayo insisted the ADC would still triumph over these hurdles.

“We believe in the goodwill of the people. If the election depends on the goodwill of the people, we are good to go. We will win many local governments. At least, we can comfortably win about 10 local governments.

“We are confident of winning the election because not all the people are so gullible, and not every voter is corrupt. There are still some people who believe that their conscience will determine whatever they will do. So, we are still confident,” Adebayo said.

On his part, the Director of Media of the PDP Governorship Campaign Council, Sanya Atofarati, said the party was banking on the people’s support.

“We are confident that we are winning this election. We can authoritatively say that we are winning by 60 per cent, even as of today (Friday). We have the confidence that we are winning the election. Currently, we are winning comfortably in at least 10 local government areas.”

The spokesman, who said the PDP had no fear about participating in the poll, added, “We are appealing to the security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission to be fair and ensure that nobody indulges in anything capable of undermining the credibility of the election.

“We are confident that they will discharge their duties in line with their conscience, knowing fully well that this election is very strategic, because it is a gateway to other elections to come in 2027.”