Nigeria, June 20 -- Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has hailed the ongoing gubernatorial polls in Ekiti State as "transparent" and "very peaceful," despite claims of vote-buying in some locations in the state.

Mr Sani, who is the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for the 2026 Ekiti State Governorship Election, made the disclosure during an interview with Arise TV on Saturday.

"I've gone round some of the local governments out of the 16 local governments," Mr Sani said.

"I have gotten reports in all of the 177 polling units. I can assure you that the election, so far, is going very well, very peaceful, transparent and, of course, the people are working together with the relevant security agencie...