The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Michael Opeyemi Bamidele of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the Ekiti Central Senatorial District election.
Bamidele was declared the winner of the senatorial election by the INEC Returning Officer for Ekiti Central Senatorial District, J. Sola Omotola, at the Collation Centre, INEC State Headquarters, New Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti, on Sunday.
He polled 69,351 to defeat his close rival, Lateef Oladimeji Ajijola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 26,181.
With the announcement, Mr Bamidele, currently the Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters, will be the first Senator in Ekiti Central to be re-elected to the National Assembly since 1999.
