<Tr> <Th> Time zone </Th> <Td> WAT (UTC + 01) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISO 3166 code </Th> <Td> NG - EK </Td> </Tr> <P> Ekiti is a state in western Nigeria, declared a state on 1st of October 1996 alongside five other states in the country by the military under the dictatorship of General Sani Abacha . As one of the newest states of the Nigerian federation, it was carved out of the territory of old Ondo State, and covers the former 12 local government areas that made up the Ekiti Zone of old Ondo State . On creation, it had 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs), having had an additional four carved out of the old ones . Ekiti State is one of the 36 states (inc . Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)) that constitute Nigeria and is reputed to have produced the highest number of professors in the country . With a single town in Ekiti State, Okemesi, reputed to have over 30 professors, several pioneer academics also hail from the state, including Adegoke Olubummo (one of the first Nigerian professors in the field of mathematics) and Ekundayo Adeyinka Adeyemi (first Professor of Architecture in Africa, south of the Sahara). Other professors from the state include J.F. Ade Ajayi, Niyi Osundare, Sam Aluko and Prof A.A. Agboola . </P> <P> Following a prolonged political crisis, President Olusegun Obasanjo imposed a military administrator (General Tunji Olurin) on Ekiti State in October 2006 . On 27 April 2007, Olurin was replaced by Tope Ademiluyi . In the PDP primary of 2006, the first - place finisher Yinka Akerele and second - place finisher Prof. Adesegun Ojo were supposed to be in a run - off to determine who would be the nominee of the Nigerian ruling party when President Obasanjo summoned them to Abuja and imposed the candidate who came third, Engineer Segun Oni . He was later elected in the 2007 election as the governor of the state in an election marred by widespread irregularities although the APC candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi challenged his election and forced a rerun in May, 2009 . </P>

Nigeria state with the highest number of professors