Former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared winner of the state governorship election.

Professor Kayode Oyebode, returning officer for the election, announced the result in the early hours of Sunday.

According to the declared result, Oyebanji secured 187,057 votes, defeating his two closest challengers — Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who polled 82,211 votes, and Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 67,457 votes.

Some observers of the exercise have already complained of massive vote buying by a particular political party at various polling stations across the state.