INEC Uploads 21% Of Ekiti Gov Election Results

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the upload of results from the ongoing Ekiti State governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal.

Checks on the portal showed that results from 514 out of 2,445 polling units had been uploaded.

The figure represents 21.02 per cent of the polling unit results expected from across the state.

Meanwhile, Yiaga Africa has alleged discrepancies between the ballot papers, result sheets, and the list of candidates published by INEC for the election.

In a statement by the Chair, 2026 Ekiti Election Observation Mission, Yiaga Africa, Dr Aisha Abdullahi, and its Executive Director, Samson Itodo, the group said the Form EC8A polling unit result sheets provided spaces for 15 political parties, while the ballot papers in circulation carried 19 parties.

Yiaga Africa added that INEC’s final list of candidates, updated on its website as of June 18, 2026, showed 14 parties that fielded candidates.

The statement read, “Yiaga Africa is observing the Ekiti State governorship election, and our preliminary findings raise serious concerns about the consistency of the materials INEC has deployed.

“As of 8:30 am, 96% of the observers from our 250 randomly sampled polling units were at the polling unit to observe the election.

“Yiaga Africa recognizes the context. After INEC published its initial list of 12 candidates in January 2026, subsequent court rulings (notably on the PDP’s candidacy) and late administrative changes altered party and candidate participation.

“Some of those changes do not appear to have been fully and consistently reflected across all election materials.

“Also, the public may not have fully received information about these changes.”

Yiaga Africa warned that the inconsistencies could create confusion during voting and collation.

It added, “These inconsistencies might create confusion during voting and collation. Where result sheets include parties that are not on the ballot, presiding officers may record zero votes for parties that voters did not see.

“Conversely, where voters cast ballots for parties not reflected on the result sheet, such actions could create uncertainty in recording, reconciliation, and collation.”

The group called on INEC to publicly clarify the final list of parties and candidates without delay.

It also urged the commission to explain the differences between the ballot papers, result sheets, and earlier announcements.

Yiaga Africa further asked INEC to “issue clear written instructions to presiding and collation officers on completing result sheets consistently with the law and relevant court judgments, including how to treat parties on the result sheet but not on the ballot and vice versa.”