PDP wins three Senate, six Reps seat in Ekiti

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) grabbed all the National Assembly seats in Ekiti State from the results declared by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC).

The PDP won all the three senatorial districts and five of the six federal constituencies declared on Sunday in an official result released by the electoral agency in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

The implication of the result is that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not have any representative in the National Assembly in the next legislative dispensation expected to run from June 2015 to June 2019.

Two serving senators, Olubunmi Adetunmbi and Anthony Adeniyi, who are APC candidates for Ekiti North and Ekiti South respectively, lost their re-election bid to PDP candidates.

PDP senatorial candidate for Ekiti North and former House of Representatives member, Duro Faseyi, polled 50, 023 votes to beat Adetunmbi who garnered 35, 376 votes.

Former Deputy Governor, Mrs. Abiodun Olujimi, clinched the Ekiti South senatorial seat by defeating Adeniyi. She scored 62, 344votes while Adeniyi could only muster 37, 932 votes.

Another former House of Representatives member and PDP candidate in Ekiti Central, Mrs. Fatimat Rasaki polled 54, 459 votes to beat APC candidate, Gbenga Olofin who obtained 41, 607 votes.

In the House of Representatives poll, five APC candidates lost their bid to return to their seats in the Green Chamber.

Chairman, House Committee on Communications, Oyetunde Ojo, lost to PDP candidate, Olumide Oni in Ijero/Ekiti West/Efon Federal Constituency.

Oni scored 27, 658 votes to win the seat leaving APC candidate, Ojo with 20, 083.

House Committee Vice Chairman on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Bimbo Daramola’s 17, 768 votes was not enough to win him a re-election as he lost to PDP candidate, Kehinde Agboola, who scored 24, 129 in Oye/Ikole Federal Constituency.

Another serving federal lawmaker who lost his seat at the poll was the member representing Ido-Osi/Moba/Ilejemeje Federal Constituency who flew the APC flag at the poll, Robinson Ajiboye, who lost to PDP’s Thaddeus Aina.

Aina, former Ido-Osi council chairman, polled 23, 585 votes to beat Ajiboye who scored 15, 834.

PDP candidate, Akin Awodumila, beat the lawmaker representing Emure/Gbonyin/Ekiti East Federal Constituency and APC candidate, Bamidele Faparusi, by polling 25, 648 votes while Faparusi obtained 17, 437 votes.

Incumbent House member representing Ekiti Southwest/Ikere/Ise-Orun Federal Constituency and APC candidate, Dr. Ife Arowosoge lost to PDP candidate, Segun Adekola at Saturday’s election.

Adekola won the seat by polling 33,288 votes leaving Arowosoge with 19, 432 votes.

The last House of Reps seat in contention was that of Ado/Irepodun-Ifelodun Federal Constituency where PDP candidate, Ayotunde Oladimeji defeated APC candidate and former Commissioner for Education, Dr. Eniola Ajayi.

Oladimeji polled 35,494 votes to beat Dr. Ajayi who received 17, 768 at the polls.