The gubernatorial bye-election will now hold on Monday in two wards of Oye Local Government in Ekiti State, following another postponement announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday.
The election was initially billed to take place on Sunday.
With the latest announcement,the election in the local government has been postponed twice within the last 24hours.
INEC had ordered the postponement of Saturday's rerun poll in Oye, following attacks on electoral officers and election observers by party thugs, with about 36 suspects so far arrested by the police.
Initial reports had it that the election in the two wards had been postponed indefinitely, with INEC Federal Commissioner, Stephen Mayah quoted as saying that the Appeal Court ruling, which ordered the rerun election, gave the electoral body 90 days in which to do it. Thus, he explained, if people did not conduct themselves properly the elections could be postponed indefinitely.
Results of five of the nine local governments where the rerun election took place were released on Saturday night with the Peoples Democratic Party, leading with 15, 420 votes, while Action Congress has 15, 026.
But Action Congress candidate Kayode Fayemi is leading his People's Democratic Party's opponent, Olusegun Oni cumulatively.
According to NEXT's reporter on the ground in the state, protests had resumed in the state capital, Ado Ekiti with people burning tyres to show their frustration with the manner in which INEC had conducted itself so far.
Ballot boxes were observed being burnt in an INEC office in Ido-Osi local government on Saturday night.
Twenty five people were reportedly arrested and more police officers have been deployed to curtail the protest.