Nigeria, June 21 -- The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) secured victory in the home ward of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Wole Oloyede, in Ikere Local Government Area during Saturday's governorship election in Ekiti State.

Results collated at Ugele/Aroku Ward, the PDP candidate's ward in Ikere, showed that the APC polled 769 votes to defeat the PDP, which garnered 683 votes.

The result, officially endorsed by the Registration Area Centre (RAC) supervisor at about 8:30 p.m., gives the APC an 86-vote advantage in one of the closely watched wards in the election.

The ward comprises eight polling units, where voting and collation were concluded before the final certification of the result sheet.

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