Unprecedented numbers of enthusiastic voters have on Saturday thronged various polling units in different towns, villages and hamlets in Ekiti state to perform their civic rights in the ongoing governorship election.

Ruling All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party and 13 other political parties are jostling to produce the next governor of Ekiti State in today’s election. 

The other parties include;

Accord Party, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, Action Democratic Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Allied Peoples Movement, Action Peoples Party, Labour Party, New Nigeria People’s Party, National Rescue Movement, Peoples Redemption Party, Young Progressives Party and Zenith Labour Party.

Data from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suggest that Ekiti has a total of 988,923 registered voters.

The exercise is scheduled to hold in 2,445 polling units across 177 registration areas in 16 local government areas of the state.

Sixteen political parties are represented in the contest for the next governor of the state when incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi completes his second term in office later in October.

Security Of Lives And Properties

Meanwhile, there were combined security personnel on the ground to protect the lives and property in different parts of the state and as well their presence was noticed at both far and near the polling centres.

At the Ekiti office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), there was heavy presence of security agents to forestall any eventuality.