Ekiti voted out three sitting governors, had one impeached and another removed by the Court of Appeal, and lived under emergency rule. In 2026 Biodun Oyebanji became the first to win a second term in a row.
Cash at polling units, food parcels and "see and buy" deals have become a feature of Nigerian elections. Here is how vote buying works, and the penalties under the law.
Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Ondo and Osun hold governorship elections off the national calendar. Court rulings and changes of power explain why.
Biodun Oyebanji won Ekiti by a landslide in June, and Ademola Adeleke held Osun in August on a new party platform, in the last off-cycle elections before 2027.
