The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti Central Senatorial District of Ekiti State, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele as the winner of the Senatorial election held on Saturday.
Bamidele was declared the winner of the Senatorial election by the INEC Returning Officer for Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Prof. J. Sola Omotola on Sunday at the State collation center in Ado-Ekiti.
He pollled 69,351 votes to defeat his rival, Lateef Oladimeji Ajijola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 26,181 votes.
With his victory, he became the first Senator in Ekiti Central to be re-elected back to National Assembly since 1999