Ekiti 2026: Arise confident of APC’s victory, as Fayemi commends smooth voting process

Former legislator representing Ekiti North Senatorial District, Senator Ayo Arise, has expressed assurance that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, would look victorious successful the ongoing governorship predetermination contempt the mean elector turnout crossed parts of the state.

Speaking with journalists soon aft casting his ballot successful Oye-Ekiti, Arise described the predetermination process arsenic peaceful, creaseless and efficient, noting that the turnout astatine his polling portion was little than helium had anticipated.

The erstwhile lawmaker explained that the travel of voters leaving instantly aft voting whitethorn person made it hard to accurately measure the full turnout, stressing that his observations were constricted to the play helium was contiguous astatine the polling unit.

“The predetermination was precise peaceful, precise creaseless and speedy too,” helium said. “But I americium not excessively definite whether we had the benignant of assemblage we expected. At my polling unit, I person seen longer queues successful erstwhile elections. The turnout I witnessed was astir average, not excessively poor, but surely not exceptionally high.

“In fact, I expected much successful presumption of the enactment basal of the APC, but astatine the extremity of the day, I judge determination is truly nary superior contention for the APC successful this election.

“I’m not definite we’ve ever delivered 500,000 votes successful immoderate predetermination successful modern times. It is an aspiration; thing we are praying for and looking ...