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Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will make history if he wins Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election in Ekiti State.
No incumbent has won re-election since the state elected Adeniyi Adebayo as its first governor in 1999. Mr Adebayo served a single term.
Governors Ayo Fayose and Kayode Fayemi each served non-consecutive two terms, while Segun Oni did not even complete a term–he left office in 2010 after the courts voided his 2007 election.
Mr Oyebanji is confident, because Saturday’s contest offers a different scenario from past elections, which
