{"id":866,"date":"2022-10-16T16:25:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T16:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsnigeria24.com\/?p=866"},"modified":"2022-10-16T16:25:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T16:25:17","slug":"fayemi-bows-out-oyebanji-becomes-the-new-governor-of-ekiti-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnigeria24.com\/politics\/fayemi-bows-out-oyebanji-becomes-the-new-governor-of-ekiti-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Fayemi bows out, Oyebanji becomes the new governor of Ekiti state"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-193.png?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fayemi bows out, Oyebanji becomes the new governor of Ekiti state\" class=\"wp-image-867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-193.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-193.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Biodun Oyebanji, a former secretary to the state government (SSG), has been sworn in as the governor of Ekiti state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, October 16, he took the oath of office at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oyebanji, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, was declared the winner of the Ekiti governorship election on June 19 with 187,057 votes, defeating his two closest challengers, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who received 82,211 votes, and Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who received 67,457 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-194.png?resize=1024%2C664&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-194.png?resize=1024%2C664&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-194.png?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-194.png?resize=768%2C498&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-194.png?w=1029&amp;ssl=1 1029w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-195.png?resize=780%2C542&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-195.png?w=780&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-195.png?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-195.png?resize=768%2C534&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biodun Oyebanji, a former secretary to the state government (SSG), has been sworn in as the governor of Ekiti state. On Sunday, October 16, he took the oath of office at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion. 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