APC wins last assembly seat in Ekiti supplementary poll

The ruling All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has won the last and only supplementary election for Ekiti East (1) Constituency on Saturday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the APC, by implication, now has total control of the state assembly, having won the  26 seats in the parliament.

According to the supplementary result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer, Asiqua Chika, Adegbuyi Oluwajawa of APC polled 5,484 votes to defeat his closest rival, Fajana Ojo Ade of the Peoples Democratic Party, who scored 3,258 votes.

Other results are Oludayo Roland, ADC, 529; Oguntomole Femi, ADP, 24; and Balogun Yetunde, DA, 2.

The rest are Omokan Adewole, PPN, 0; Florence Ojo, SDP, 3; and Ayeni Adebayo, ZLP, 0.