Nigeria, June 23 -- Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State and his deputy, Monisade Afuye, on Tuesday, received their Certificates of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), formally confirming their victory for a second term in the 20 June governorship election in the state.

The presentation ceremony, held in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, marks the conclusion of the electoral process that returned Mr Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), to office for another four-year term and cemented his place in the state's political history as the first governor to secure a second term election consecutively since Ekiti was created in 1996.

Speaking at the event, the INEC National Commissioner in...