LIVE: Ekiti State Governorship Election Updates

Large Turnout of Voters has been seen so far in Ado-Ekiti, the State Capital of Ekiti.
According to news reporters on the ground in Ado Ekiti, voters came out as early as 6.00am trekking long distances to get to their polling units.

The source said some voters even trekked as far as five kilometres to get to their polling units, to be able to participate.

In Odo Ado, Ijigbo, Ajilosun, Adebayo area, Ilotin, Oke Bola, Atinkankan and Okeyinmi ke ila, massive turnout is witnessed as polling units in those areas already have long queues of  voters .

It is worthy of note here to commend INEC, because as at 6.45am, security and election materials were already arriving in those units.

Sahara Reporters has given the live updates below:

9.40am. Dear readers, you're welcome to SaharaReporters' coverage of the 2018 Ekiti State governorship election.

9:45am. Here, we we'll give you a blow-by-blow account of how proceedings are unfolding in all 2,195 polling units where voting will take place.

9:55am. Ekiti has 913,334 voters, but 250,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were uncollected, meaning the maximum votes expected will be roughly 646,000. So says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

9:58am. There are 35 candidates in all, but this is clearly a two-way race between Kolapo Olusola Eleka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

10:02am. While Fayemi was the penultimate Governor of the state and was also Minister of Solid Minerals Development until he resigned at the end of May to pursue his governorship re-election ambition, Eleka is currently Deputy Governor of the state and the anointed candidate of outgoing Governor Ayodele Fayose.

10:07am. In many of the polling booths, accreditation has begun.

10:23am. At Ward 11, accreditation is well in progress, and peaceful.

Ward 11
10:30am. Fayemi has just cast his vote. He arrived at his Polling Unit 009, Ward 11 in Oye LGA at exactly 10:19am.

10:35am. Voters in Oye LGA queup up peaceful for the process.

Voters at Oye LGA

Source SaharaReporters

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