Nigeria, June 21 -- Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been re-elected as Governor of Ekiti State after being formally declared winner of the governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Mr Oyebanji was declared winner on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, after securing a decisive majority of votes across the 16 local government areas of the state.

According to the final collation announced on Form EC8E, the governor polled a total of 319,224 votes to defeat his closest rival, Wole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 40,543 votes.

The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Oluwadare Bejide, came third in the race with a total...