Independent National Electoral Commission has proclaimed the applicant of the All Progressives Congress in the Ekiti governorship election - Kayode Fayemi as the winnerr of the poll.

Fayemi won in 12 nearby government territories in the state, surveying a sum of 197, 459 votes out of 316, 019 aggregate votes cast.

The applicants of the People's Democratic Party Kolapo Olusola and the present agent governor of the state came in second with triumph in four nearby governments. He got an aggregate of 178, 121 votes.

The election witnessed a large turnout of voters and early arrival of the ad hoc staff and supervisors of INEC at polling units.

Voting materials also arrived early in many polling units across the state while voters conducted themselves well during accreditation process.

But tension set in as allegations of vote-buying were levelled against party agents by voters in some polling units. In some cases, the situation led to friction among loyalists of various political parties.

“I was offered N5,000 to vote for the party but I rejected it. I am 73 years old retired teacher. I cannot allow the future of my children to be bought by moneybags.  I don’t know how we descended to this level when people brazenly offer money to people to secure their votes. It was not like this in the past. Will our votes count with this problem?” he asked.

In Ayegbaju and Oye-Ekiti, it was alleged that party agents paid those who had no PVC N2,000 to vote in connivance with the INEC officials.

At Ward 12 in the Igbehin area of Ado-Ekiti, an elderly voter, who spoke on condition of anonymity, accused the All Progressives Congress of offering N5,000 to those who had the Permanent Voter Card to secure their votes. He said he rejected the offer.