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There was wild jubilation in Ekiti State yesterday as members of All Progressives Congress (APC) and admirers trooped to the streets to celebrate the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Saturday’s presidential poll.

Former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, and the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, on Tuesday inaugurated parallel Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Councils in the state.

Ekiti state Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed support for workers’ agitation for new minimum wage describing it as legitimate and worthy of being given considerations by both federal and state governments.

Ekiti workers have joined their counterparts across the 36 states of the federation in holding a sensitisation protest to press for a new minimum wage of N30,000.

The screening committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in charge of Kogi State has disqualified four senatorial aspirants from Kogi West for contravening the guidelines.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate for the July 14 poll, Kolapo Olusola, on Wednesday, got approval from the election Tribunal sitting in Ado-Ekiti, state capital, to serve notice of Petition, and other accompanying processes it filed to challenge the declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC)’s John Kayode Fayemi as winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), by conspicuous pasting and courier services.

No fewer than five persons have been arrested by police in Ado Ekiti for allegedly distributing money to voters during the governorship election .

They were arrested for allegedly distributing money for votes at Ajilosun area of Ado-Ekiti in front of Jonathan Memorial School.

There was a massive turnout of voters in Ekiti as the accreditation and voting process got underway in Saturday’s governorship election.

Some of the voters trekked from hamlets located at Eminrin, Erunfun along Afe Babalola University Way in the state capital to the heart of Ado-Ekiti to exercise their franchise.

The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has alleged that members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are planning to invade the state, hiding under the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari, to cause crisis.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Monday provided free petrol to commercial motorcycle riders, better known as Okada riders, in Ado-Ekiti.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Ekiti State and the incumbent deputy governor of the state, Kolapo Olusola, has revealed those behind the bloodshed at the All Progressives Congress, APC, secretariat.

There was confusion at the Ekiti State All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat on Friday when a trigger-happy Mobile Policeman (MOPOL) opened fire as the party’s flag bearer, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, arrived to a tumultuous welcome.

The Chairman of the state branch of Mega Party of Nigeria, MPN, Dare Adekolu, has lamented what he has described as the parlous state of the state economy under the Governor Ayo Fayose led administration.

Governor Ayodele Fayose will spend many years in jail after leaving office in October, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, his predecessor said.

The police in Ekiti State have invited the Chairman of the Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN) in Ekiti State, Oludare Adekolu, over alleged sexual assault on the party’s state Women Leader, Oluyemi Ojaomo.

The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has said the three and half years under Governor Ayodele Fayose has been disastrous in terms of alleged looting of the state’s treasury, saying no effort will be spared to stop the governor from realizing his continuity agenda.