PDP governorship candidate challenges Fayemi's victory

The emergence of All Progressives Congress candidate,

Olusola, who is widely referred to as Eleka, was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the July 14, 2018 governorship election.

According to a report by Punch, Eleka has approached the election petition tribunal in Ado Ekiti to file his petition on Wednesday, August 1, 2018.

The PDP candidate is challenging the electoral victory of Fayemi, as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Sunday, July 15, 2018.

Fayemi defeated the PDP candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, aka Eleka, in the July 14 election as he won 197,459 votes to his opponent's 178,121 votes.

On October 16, 2018, Fayemi is expected to take over from incumbent, Governor Ayodele Fayose, who defeated him in the 2014 gubernatorial election.

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Ekiti PDP says result declared exceeds number of voters

The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti state has alleged that the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is more than the number of accredited voters in the state.

INEC declared Kayode Fayemi winner of the Ekiti governorship election which held on Saturday, July 14, 2018.

The PDP also vowed to deploy all legal means to ensure that their ‘stolen mandate’ is returned.

This was made known to newsmen on Monday, July 16, 2018 in Ado-Ekiti by the chairman of the PDP Ekiti state chapter, Barr. Gboyega Oguntuase.

According to Oguntuase, the Federal Government used INEC and security agencies to overturn the will of the people.