Minister of Mines and Steel Development and an aspirant of APC, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Saturday expressed satisfaction over the conduct of the Ekiti APC governorship primary election.

Fayemi in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Ado-Ekti, said that he was delighted with the smooth running of the voting exercise.

” I can see that delegates from the 11 local government h‎ave cast their votes and there was no fraudulent acts or riot, everything is  going on smoothly.

“I will give a comprehensive reaction at the end of the election and whoever emerges as the flag bearer of the party will be given maximum support from other aspirants.

” As at this moment, I could say that the voting exercise has been credible,” he said.

As at the time of filing in the reports,delegates from 14 local government areas out of the 16 local government areas of Ekiti state have cast their vote,‎ remaining two local government areas.

Thirty-three aspirants were cleared by the party for the primary election, but one of them, Mr Babafemi Ojudu, withdrew on Wednesday, leaving 32 aspirants in the race.

Voting by delegates from the 16 local government areas in the state ended at about 4.15 p.m., and the Chairman of the Primary Election Commission, Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa, commended the voters for impressive turnout and conduct.

He told newsmen that he was delighted with the peace that pervaded voting and expressed optimism that entire exercise would be successful.

Speaking in an interview shortly after the voting exercise, the Chairman of the electoral committee, and Governor of Nasarawa, Alhaji Umar Al-Makura, described the exercise as peaceful and successful.

“We did everything in compliance and conformity with the party’s guidelines; now that the voting is completed, we are going into sorting and this will be very transparent.

“Having experienced the first task last week, I met with all the aspirants on Friday and they all assured that the exercise will be peaceful, that they are not ready to take anything for granted.

“You could see the commitment and passion in the aspirants; they all lived to their promise and that is the result of the peace we recorded today,” he said.