Dr. Kayode Fayemi and his deputy, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, have received their certificates of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday.

The ceremony held at the state INEC headquarters along new Iyin Road in Ado-Ekiti.

Fayemi, who represented the All Progressives Congress in the election, defeated the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, and 33 other candidates to win Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

From the results of the 16 local government areas in the state, Fayemi defeated his closest rival, Prof. Kolapo Olusola of the Peoples Democratic Party, in 12 LGAs.

Fayemi polled 197,459 while Olusola scored 178,114 votes.

The election witnessed a large turnout of voters and early arrival of the ad hoc staff and supervisors of INEC at polling units.

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