Breaking: Aiyedatiwa Wins Ondo Governorship Election

•Wins all 18 council areas

Fidelis David in Akure

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Lokoja, Prof Olayemi Akinwunmi, and the Returning Officer of the exercise declared Aiyedatiwa winner at the INEC headquarters, in Akure at 2:30PM on Sunday.

He said Aiyedatiwa polled a total of 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival, Ajayi Agboola who scored a total votes of 117,845 while ZLP’s Dr Abbas Mimiko, younger brother of the former governor of the state, Dr Olusegun Mimiko came a distant third with 2,692 votes.

He said the total valid votes was 497,077, rejected votes, 11,886 while total votes cast was 508,963.

“Lucky Aiyedatiwa of APC having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” the state returning officer declared.

Precisely, the results declared by the INEC shows that in Akoko North East, APC garnered 25,657 votes to defeat the PDP candidate, who scored 5,072 votes.

In Idanre LGA, the APC also won with 9,114 votes against the PDP’s 8,940 votes, while in Ifedore LGA, the APC defeated the PDP, scoring 14, 157 against PDP’s 5,897 votes.

In Akoko South West, the APC also won with 29,700 votes, while the PDP got 5,517 votes, while in Akoko North West, the APC recorded a landslide victory with 25,010 votes against the PDP’s 5,502 votes.

The APC also won in Akoko South East, with 12,140 votes while the PDP got 2,692, while the ruling party also defeated the PDP in Ile Oluji/Okeigbo LGA with 16,600 votes against PDP’s 4,442.

In Owo LGA, the APC got 31,914 votes to defeat the PDP, which scored 4,740 votes, while the APC also won in Ondo East with 8,163 votes while the PDP scored 2,843 votes.

The results also showed that the APC won in Ondo West, with 20,755 votes against PDP’s 6,387 votes while in Irele, APC scored 17,117 votes to win the PDP, which had 6,601 votes.

APC also won in Akure South with 32,969 votes, while the PDP got 17,926 votes. In Ose LGA, the APC recorded a landslide victory with 16,555 votes against PDP’s 4,472 votes.

The results for Okitipupa LGA showed that APC polled 26,811 votes while scored 10,233 votes and in Akure North LGA, APC scored 14,451 votes but PDP only garnered 5,787 votes .

In Odigbo LGA, APC scored 26,683 votes while PDP polled 9,348.
In Ilaje LGA, APC garnered 24,474 votes while PDP scored 3,632 votes.

APC also defeated Agboola Ajayi in his local government, Ese-Odo with 14,511 votes while PDP polled 7,814 votes.

On December 27, 2023, Lucky Aiyedatiwa was sworn-in as governor of Ondo State following the death of his principal and former governor, Akeredolu and constitutionally, Aiyedatiwa stepped in to complete the joint tenure of late Akeredolu and himself which ends in February 2025.

Interestingly, with the declaration, Aiyedatiwa will occupy Alagbaka Government House for four years after the expiration of the current dispensation on February 25, 2025.

Agboola Ajayi accused INEC and the security agencies of compromising the election and urged the Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to resign.

The PDP candidate who voted at Unit 4, Ward 2 Idumado in Kiribo, Ese-Odo LGA had expressed displeasure at the conduct of the election

Ajayi said it took more than 10 minutes for the INEC BVAS to capture him, saying, “the system is not perfect and there are lots of complaints here and there. If INEC cannot successfully organise an election in just one state, then you must know that we are running into anarchy.

“I think it is deliberate on the part of INEC, on the part of the Resident Electoral Commission (REC). And we have said several times that we don’t trust Oluwatoyin Babalola (REC). That this woman cannot be fair. The system is compromised and we have a series of calls made by everybody. People are complaining about vote buying, the BVAS problem. It is a very shameful exercise,” he said.

“And I think people should call on the INEC chairman to resign if he cannot do the job. He should just resign. It is totally compromised. This is sad and Nigerians are not happy. Here, it is peaceful to some extent”.

FULL RESULTS FROM EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ifedore LGA, Ondo state

Registered voters: 83831
Accredited voters: 21024

APC: 14157

LP: 19

PDP: 5897

ZLP: 14

Total valid votes: 20438
Rejected: 560
Total votes cast: 20998

Ondo East LGA

Registered voters: 52274
Accredited voters: 11864

APC: 8163

LP: 31

PDP: 2843

ZLP: 219

Total valid votes: 11544
Rejected votes: 308
Total votes cast: 11852

Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo LGA

Registered voters: 81954
Accredited voters: 22256

APC: 16600

LP: 23

PDP: 4442

ZLP: 38

Total valid votes: 21454
Rejected votes: 541
Total votes cast: 21995

Idanre LGA

Registered voters: 91392
Accredited voters: 19712

APC: 9114

LP: 24

PDP: 8940

ZLP: 14

Total valid votes: 18430
Rejected votes: 748
Total votes cast: 19178

Irele LGA

Registered voters: 78982
Accredited voters: 24772

APC: 17117

LP: 15

PDP: 6601

ZLP: 4

Total valid votes: 24031
Rejected votes: 718
Total votes cast: 24749

Akoko South-west LGA

Registered voters: 116368
Accredited voters: 36300

APC: 29700

LP: 16

PDP: 5517

ZLP: 10

Total valid votes: 35700
Rejected votes: 525
Total votes cast: 36225

Owo LGA

Registered voters: 143751
Accredited voters: 38340

APC: 31914

LP: 42

PDP: 4740

ZLP: 15

Total valid votes: 37334
Rejected votes: 983
Total votes cast: 38317

Ondo west LGA

Registered voters: 19066
Accredited voters: 31418

APC: 20755

LP: 181

PDP: 6387

ZLP: 1972

Total valid votes: 30238
Rejected votes: 1144
Total valid votes: 31382

Abbas Mimiko, ZLP candidate, is from this LGA.

Akoko South East LGA

Registered voters: 41978
Accredited voters: 15150

APC: 12140

LP: 10

PDP: 2692

ZLP: 2

Total valid votes:14988
Rejected votes: 160
Total votes cast:15148

Akoko North West

Registered voters: 84908
Accredited voters: 31263

APC: 25010

LP: 23

PDP: 5502

ZLP: 13

Total valid votes: 30805
Rejected votes: 309
Total votes cast: 31114

Above is the results from Olubunmi Tunji Ojo’s (Minister of Interior) LGA

Ose LGA

Registered voters:
Accredited voters: 21661

APC: 16555

LP: 06

PDP: 4472

ZLP: 05

Total valid votes: 21265
Rejected votes: 342
Total votes cast: 21607

Akure south LGA

Registered voters: 314709
Accredited voters: 54670

APC: 32969

LP: 238

PDP: 17926

ZLP: 252

Total valid votes: 52991
Rejected votes: 1651
Total votes cast: 54642

Akoko North East LGA

Registered voters: 93285
Accredited voters: 31734

APC: 25657

LP: 14

PDP: 5072

ZLP: 06

Total valid votes: 31182
Rejected votes: 515
Total votes cast: 31697

Okitipupa LGA

Registered voters – 126021
Accredited voters: 38814

APC – 26811

LP: 27

PDP – 10233

ZLP: 10

Total valid votes – 37,597
Rejected votes – 858
Total votes cast – 38455

Akure North LGA

Registered voters: 87291
Accredited voters: 21698

APC: 14451

LP: 238

PDP: 5787

ZLP:43

Total valid votes: 20942
Rejected votes: 648
Total votes cast: 21590

Odigbo LGA

Registered voters: 154382
Accredited voters: 38163

APC: 26683

LP: 34

PDP: 9348

ZLP: 70

Total valid votes: 36995
Rejected votes: 1166
Total votes cast: 38161

Ilaje LGA

Registered voters: 146146
Accredited voters: 29131

APC: 24474

LP: 176

PDP: 3632

ZLP: 04

Total valid votes: 28592
Rejected votes: 293
Total votes cast: 28885

Above result is for Aiyedatiwa’s local government

Ese-Odo LGA

Registered voters: 84888
Accredited voters: 22975

APC: 14511

LP: 45

PDP: 7814

ZLP: 02

Total valid votes: 22551
Rejected votes: 417
Total votes cast: 22968

Above is for Agboola Ajayi’s LGA

Final result of Ondo governorship election

APC: 366,781

LP: 1162

PDP: 117,845

ZLP: 2692

Total valid votes: 497077
Rejected votes: 11886
Total votes cast: 508963