President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who was declared governor-elect in Saturday’s Ekiti State gubernatorial election.\r\n\r\nThe president said the victory is well deserved considering Mr Oyebanji’s contributions to the development of the state and the party, before his nomination as the standard bearer, urging him, however, to be magnanimous in victory in the interest of the people of the state.

The National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr Samson Ayokunle, on Sunday in Abuja, warned the All Progressives Congress, the Peoples Democratic Party, and other political parties to resist the temptation to fly a Muslim-Muslim ticket in next year’s election.

There was pandemonium at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, the headquarters of the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State as gunmen attacked the church on Sunday.

The Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu-Uche, who was abducted by hoodlums in Abia State, has said N100m was paid by the church to secure his freedom.