Ayodele Fayose of the PDP defeated the incumbent, Kayode Fayemi, in June 2014. In February 2015, an army officer released an audio recording that allegedly captured senior politicians discussing the deployment of soldiers to intimidate opposition figures during the election.
Those named denied wrongdoing, and the recording was never tested in court. The affair, nicknamed “Ekitigate”, fuelled debate about the use of the military in elections.