Dr. Kayode Fayemi, former Minister of Solid Minerals Development, had been successfully installed on Tuesday 16th October 2018 as the Executive Governor of Ekiti State in South West, Nigeria.
However, his precedessor, Chief Ayodele Fayose was absent at the ceremony having previously said he would hand over the instruments of office to the State's Head of Service (HoS), Dr. Gbenga Faseluka, and the Government House and the Governor’s Office complexes to Police Commissioner Bello Ahmed on Sunday, 14th October 2018, as he would be in Abuja, the Nigeria's capital territory, answering the summons of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Dr. Fayemi graciously returned to a seat he vacated four years back, having previously served Governor of the state between 2010 and 2014.
He was declared winner of the July 2018 Ekiti State governorship election by the Returning Officer, Professor Idowu Olayinka on behalf of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Prof. Olayinka who happens to be the Vice Chancellor of the revered University of Ibadan announced he polled 197,459 votes to beat Professor Olusola Eleka, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 178,121 votes. Hence, Dr. Fayemi won by a margin 19, 338 votes.
PDP won only in Emure, Efon and Ikere, while APC cleared the remaining 13 local governments.
Rostrum reliably gathered that mammoth crowd coupled with countless elites graced the epocal occasion.
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