Ondo Guber Poll: INEC Declares Gov.Lucky Aiyedatiwa Of APC As Winner, Defeats PDP's Agboola In All 18 LGAs - EDU-BIZNEWS

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Ondo Guber Poll: INEC Declares Gov.Lucky Aiyedatiwa Of APC As Winner, Defeats PDP's Agboola In All 18 LGAs





Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressive Congress APC has been declared winner of the last Saturday November 16, 2024 governorship poll in Ondo State , returning to the Government House in Alagbaka, Akure, after a landslide victory 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)Returning Officer for the election and Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State, Prof.Olayemi Akinwumi, who announced the results at exactly 2:30 pm at the INEC collation centre in Akure, the State capital on Sunday , said that  the incumbent governor  polled 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival and a former deputy governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 117,845 votes, far below half of the total votes recorded for  the APC candidate.

"That Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa of the APC having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” the returning officer declared 

The declaration came hours after the collation of results for the election began in the early hours of Sunday. Although the collation centre went on breaks, the APC took a commanding lead with over 200,000 votes ahead of the PDP.

The final results showed that the APC won the election in a landslide, clearing all 18 local government areas 

With the declaration by INEC, Aiyedatiwa, a former deputy governor who ascended to power on 27th December , 2023 after Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s death. will be piloting the affairs of  the oil-rich state for the next four years 

Governor Aiyedatiwa had during his campaign signed into law, a minimum wage of N73,000 for workers on the payroll of the State Government higher than N70,000 national minimum wage, describing the signing as a pointer to his administration commitment to the welfare of the workforce in the state 

But the Campaign organization of Agboola, who was also a former deputy to the Late Akereledolu, described the signing as a gimmick to woo votes of the workers 

The PDP candidate who is suffering from the most embarrassing defeat in his political career since he stated contesting for the top seat in 2020,  accused INEC of compromising the election process. 

He accused the electoral body of deliberating slowing the process –  a ploy to rig the poll.

“The system is compromised and I have had a series of calls today. People are complaining about vote buying and the BVAS is not working,” he said on Saturday after voting.

“It is a very shameful exercise and I think Nigerians should just call on the chairman of the electoral commission Prof Mahmood Yakubu. If you cannot do the job, please just honourably resign", he demanded 

Also observers strongly believed that the exercise was married by open vote-buying across the state, without the security operatives checkmating those involved in the unethical practice 

”Though the election went on smoothly, observers believe it was marred by vote-buying across the state. They said the trend went on “openly and unchecked”.

“Situation Room notes the trend of persistent vote trading during elections in Nigeria,” the Situation Room said in its assessment of the poll.

“This situation has continued unabatedly, and heightened in this election. It is worrying that, despite the high presence of security personnel at the polling units, vote trading went on openly and unchecked during the voting hours.”, they stated 

The below are breakdown of the results as declared by INEC

Ifedore LGA

Registered voters 83831

Accredited voters 21024

APC 14157

LP 19

PDP 5897

Ondo East LGA

Registered voters 52274

Accredited voters 11864

APC 8163

LP 31

PDP 2843

Ile Oluji/Oke Igbo LGA

Registered voters 81954

Accredited voters 22256

APC 16600

LP 23

PDP 4442

Idanre LGA

Registered voters

Accredited voters 19712

APC 9114

LP 24

PDP 8940

Irele LGA

Registered voters 78982

Accredited voters 24772

APC 17117

LP 15

PDP 6601

Akoko Southwest LGA

Registered voters 116368

Accredited voters 36300

APC 29700

LP 16

PDP 5517

Owo LGA

Registered voters 143751

Accredited voters 38340

APC 31914

LP 42

PDP 4740

Ondo West LGA

Registered voters 190666

Accredited voters 31418

APC 20755

LP 181

PDP 6387

Akoko Southeast LGA

Registered voters 41978

Accredited voters 15150

APC 12140

LP 10

PDP 2692

Akoko Northwest LGA

Registered voters 84908

Accredited voters 31263

APC 25010

LP 23

PDP 5502

Ose LGA

Registered voters 78307

Accredited voters 21661

APC 16555

LP 06

PDP 4472

Akure South LGA

Registered voters 314709

Accredited voters 54670

APC 32969

LP 238

PDP 17926

Akoko Northeast LGA

Registered voters 93285

Accredited voters 31734

APC 25657

LP 14

PDP 5072

Okitipupa LGA

Registered voters 126021

Accredited voters 38814

APC 26811

LP 27

PDP 10233

Akure North LGA

Registered voters

Accredited voters 21608

APC 14451

LP 238

PDP 5787

Odigbo LGA

Registered voters

Accredited voters 38163

APC 26683

LP 34

PDP 9348

Ilaje LGA

Registered voters 146146

Accredited voters 29131

APC 24474

LP 176

PDP 3632

Ese Odo LGA

Registered voters 84888

Accredited voters 22975

APC 14511

LP 45

PDP 7814

Total Votes according to Inec;

APC 366,781

PDP 117,845

LP 1162


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