The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State.
Aiyedatiwa was declared winner after polling the highest number of votes with a clean sweep in Ondo State’s governorship election, winning all 18 local government areas,
The incumbent governor battled Ajayi Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olorunfemi Festus of the Labour Party, LP, and Abbas Mimiko of Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, among others, in Saturday’s poll.
Announcing the result in Akure, the state capital, INEC’s Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Lokoja, Prof. Akinwumi Olayemi Durotimi, said Aiyedatiwa polled a total of 366781 while Ajayi got 117845 while LP had 1162.
State Returning Officer, Professor Olayemi Durotimi Akinwunmi of the Federal University Lokoja, resumed from recess around 12.30 pm to commence the announcement of results from the remaining three local government areas – Odigbo, Ilaje and Ese Odo.
Earlier, it was noted that the temporary recess was necessary to await the arrival of results from the remaining LGAs, which are located farther away from Akure, the state capital.
The 15 LGAs earlier declared were Ifedore, Ondo East, Ileoluji Oke-Igbo, Idanre, Irele, Akoko South West, Owo, Ondo West, Akoko South East, Akoko North West, Ose, Akoko North East, Akure South, Akure North, and Okitipupa. The remaining three LGAs yet to be collated are Ilaje, Odigbo, and Ese Odo.
