The former Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has been sworn in as the new governor of Ekiti State.

Fayemi was sworn in on Tuesday, alongside his deputy, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, by the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Ayodeji Simeon Daramola in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

Dignitaries present at the swearing-in ceremony of the governor were the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu among other dignitaries.

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