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 exactly 2:30PM on Saturday.
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 distance third with 2692 votes.
He said the total valid votes was 497077, rejected votes, 11886 while total votes cast was 508,963.
His words: “That Lucky Aiyedatiwa of APC having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,”
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 Ileoluji/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 also 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 26683 votes while PDP polled 9348.
In Ilaje LGA, APC garnered 24474 votes while PDP scored 3632 votes.
APC also defeated Agboola Ajayi in his local government, Ese-Odo with 14,511 votes when 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 by 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 complainants 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
Fidelis David
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