The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lucky Aiyedatiwa, at the Saturday Governorship election has been declared the winner of Ondo State governorship election having secured 366,781 votes to defeat the former Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 117,845.
Penpushing reports that the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Olayemi Akinyemi, made the announcement on Sunday at the Ondo State collation centre in Akure, the state capital.
The Returning Officer who is the Vice Chancellor at the Federal University, Lokoja, disclosed that Aiyedatiwa who is the incumbent Governor and sworn in as Governor after demise of his former boss Rotimi Akeredolu also won in each of the 18 local government areas of the State.
Penpushing further reports Aiyedatiwa’s victory became his first governorship win, having assumed office on December 27, 2023, following the death of Akeredolu, whom he served under as Deputy Governor.
The election took place across 3,933 polling units in the 18 local government areas. According to INEC, over 1.7 million Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were collected, representing 85.6 per cent of the 2.05 million registered voters in the state.
Penpushing also reports that Ajayi who contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was Aiyedatiwa’s predecessor as Deputy Governor under late Akeredolu but a rift between the duo led to his replacement with Aiyedatiwa in 2020.
The elected Governor in his speech before the poll expressed confidence that he is at an advantage to win the election shortly after casting his vote at Polling Unit 005 Ward 04 in Obenla Community, boasting that he would win as a result of his performance in the last 10 months.
“I am at an advantage to win because of the work I have done in the last 10 months. I was the only candidate that covered the entire state. I felt the people, I listened to them and the people were excited at my appearance. I believe they will translate the love to vote today’, he said.
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