Ekiti governorship election: How e happun for di 16 LGAs

Di Ekiti governorsjip election hold for 2,445 Polling Units inside 16 local govment areas.

Summary

Sorting and counting don begin for some polling units for Ekiti election
Voting don end for Ekiti governorship election
Ekiti govnorship election dey happun across all di 16 local govment areas, 177 wards and 2,445 polling units of di state
Total of 14 candidates including di current Govnor Biodun Oyebanji dey battle for di number one seat
Election officials and security agencies say dem don put arrangements in place for smooth voting process

Victor Ezeama and Annette Arotiba

20 June 2026Voting don start!
Article Information
- - Author, Tunde Ososanya
  - Role, Senior Journalist, BBC News Pidgin
Voting don start for di Ekiti State govnorship election as electoral officers keep to time wey di poll suppose start wey be 8:30am.
Pipo comply to di ‘no movement order’ as di roads dey empty.
20 June 2026Una good morning
Dis na our live coverage of Ekiti govnorship election wia 14 candidates dey contest for di poll.
Our tori pipo dey for Ekiti State to bring una all di informate as e dey happun for di election.
Dis live page go dey open until election finish.
In case you miss am, see five tins you need to know about Ekiti State govnorship election.