The All Progressives Congress candidate, Dr . Kayode Fayemi , has been declared winner of the Ekiti State governorship election .
The Chief Returning Officer, Professor Idowu Olayinka , made this declaration at the INEC office in Ado Ekiti at the end of the collation of results from the 16 local government areas of the state .
Fayemi defeated his closest rival , Prof . Kolapo Olusola of the Peoples Democratic Party , in 12 LGAs .
The APC candidate polled 197 ,459 while Olusola scored 178 ,114 votes .
Details soon.
