The Ekiti State Deputy Governor and Deputy Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Monisade Afuye, cast her vote on Saturday at Atiba Aafin Ward 1, Polling Unit 003, in Ikere Ekiti at about 8:50 a.m.
Afuye commended voters for their strong turnout, describing their participation as a demonstration of civic responsibility during the governorship election.
She also praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies for what she described as their neutrality and effective coordination, which helped ensure a peaceful voting process across the state.
“You can see for yourselves how people trooped out to participate in this election. Not only trooping out, but being ready and anxious to participate in the voting. I am indeed impressed with this conduct of our voters.
“I am not using Ikere as the only area of focus now, we are getting the same information from some of our local governments and towns about how our voters are coming out in large numbers. I am happy about this. This shows that the rigorous campaigns that we did yield positive results.
“I have to commend INEC as well and our security agencies. They really prepared for this election. You can see that nobody is being intimidated and I believe if we continue like this, this election may turn out being the best in Ekiti history.”
When asked to predict the outcome of the election, she said Governor Biodun Oyebanji had performed creditably and enjoyed widespread public acceptance.
She expressed confidence that the APC candidate would win comfortably, stating, “Governor Oyebanji is not only winning this election, it is going to be with a wide margin.”