Ekiti poll: 476,870 to elect new governor on Saturday

No fewer than 476,870 prospective voters, representing 64.98 per cent of the names in the voter register, will vote on Saturday to elect a new governor in Ekiti State.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Alhaji Halilu Pai, who disclosed this to newsmen at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission while briefing journalists on preparation for the election, said the commission received 732,166 Permanent Voter Cards for distribution, out of which he said 476,870 were collected.
Pai added: “This figure represents 64.98 per cent but we can comfortably say that 65 per cent has collected the PVC and these are those that are eligible to vote tomorrow.”
The REC, who reiterated the preparedness of the commission to conduct a credible free and fair election, said all sensitive materials such as ballot papers and results sheets had since Thursday been distributed in the presence of security agents and party representatives to all the offices of INEC across the 16 council areas of the state.