Former Lagos State commissioner, Opeyemi Bamidele, has emerged the senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Ekiti Central. Bamidele defeated the incumbent, Senator Fatima Raji-Rasaki, a recent convert to the party from the Peoples Democratic Party. Candidates for the other two Ekiti senatorial seats, six House of Representatives seats have also been announced. READ ALSO: Tight security as APC holds rescheduled primaries in EdoPicked as candidates are Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi for Ekiti North Senatorial District and Prince Dayo Adeyeye, a former PDP governorship aspirant, who recently defected to the APC. In the election in Ekiti North, Senator Olu Adetumbi clinched the senatorial ticket with a total of 2,763 votes while Adeyeye won Ekiti South with a total of 51, 443 votes.

Source: Punch October 06, 2018 16:41 UTC