The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
has declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State.
Aiyedatiwa was declared winner after polling the
highest number of votes in the election.
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.
He said, ” Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa of the APC having
satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of lawful
votes cast, is hereby returned elected.”
Aiyedatiwa who succeeded late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on
December 27, 2023, is from Ilaje Local Government Area in the southern
senatorial district of the state.
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