The flag bearer of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in today’s governorship election in Ekiti State, Segun Oni secured 90 per cent of valid votes cast at his Polling Unit 6, Ward 4, located at Town Hall, Ogbon Iro, Ifaki-Ekiti, Ido-Osi Local Government.
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He scored 218 out of 242 valid votes cast at the unit. His All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Biodun Oyebanji got 15 votes, while All People’s Party (APP) secured three votes, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) two, and Rabiu Kwankwaso’s NNPP two votes.
According to Vanguard, one vote was voided, while the remaining seven were rejected; bringing the total number of accredited voters to 250.
The polling unit has 639 registered voters.
Recall that The Nigerian Xpress reported that the Independent Electoral Commission’s (INEC) June 3, 2022 deadline for candidates of all political parties that would contest in the 2023 general elections to emerge is around the corner. This is to say, except if the electoral body agrees to the calls or bows to the possible pressures “from above”, asking it to shift the date forward, the deadline remains sacrosanct. Even, with the growing number of aspirants in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State except that of the governorship, INEC has spoken.
APC though is believed to be the one, which has the wherewithal because it is in government both at the national and state levels and may possibly manipulate the umpire to speak another language on the last day.
In Kwara State, three political parties are holding themselves by the jugular to be in charge of the next government in the North-central state in 2023. The parties are the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the raging Social Democratic Party (SDP).
This is the party that positions itself to accommodate all aggrieved members of the earlier two parties. The party is set to grab power and work hard to achieve that.