Anita Ogona
The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC Primary governorship election ahead of the State election on November 16, 2024.
Kogi state governor and chairman of the electoral Committee Usman Ododo, declared the results on Monday morning.
Ododo said Aiyedatiwa secured over 48,000 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Olusola Oke, who polled 14,915 votes.
Aiyedatiwa was said to have won in 16 of the 18 LGAs in the state while Oke won in Ilaje local government area.
The election was cancelled in Ifedore LGA due to issues of violence.
The APC primary election, which started on Saturday, was marred by allegations of irregularities while there were demands for cancellation by the leading contenders.
Several aspirants alleged that no election took place in most parts of the state.
Olusola Oke, Olugbenga Edema, Wale Akinterinwa, Dayo Faduyile and Jimi Odimayo are among the governorship hopefuls who kicked against the conduct of the exercise.
Folakemi Omogoroye, a female governorship hopeful, described the election as a “complete rape of democracy”.
“I am not going to accept it, and now, I am calling for cancellation and if this is not done, maybe we’ll meet in the court.” Despite the criticism and controversy surrounding the election, the Kogi state governor insisted that the process was transparent.
The primary election took place across 203 wards in the 18 LGAs of the state.
The election was rescheduled in all 13 wards of Okitipupa LGA over the late arrival of materials
The rescheduled election, held on Sunday, recorded a low turnout of voters in some wards.
Members of the party staged a protest in Akure on Sunday evening over the conduct of the governorship election.
Adeniran Oyebade, director-general for Olusola Oke campaign organisation in Ondo central, described the primary as a “broad-day robbery”.
HOW 18 LGAs STAND
1. OWO LG
Aiyedatiwa 2,123
Akinterinwa. 345
Oke 225
Jimoh Ibrahim 192
2. IDANRE LG
Aiyedatiwa 1, 579
Akinterinwa 119
Oke 225
Jimoh Ibrahim 120
3. ESE-ODO LG
Aiyedatiwa 298
Akinterinwa 0
Oke 147
Jimoh Ibrahim 174
4. ILEOLUJI/OKEIGBO LG
Aiyedatiwa 1,225
Akinterinwa. 494
Oke. 1,004
Jimoh Ibrahim 282
5. ONDO WEST LG
Aiyedatiwa 10, 610
Akinterinwa 29
Oke 1, 736
Jimoh Ibrahim 2, 668
6. ILAJE LG
Aiyedatiwa 2,485
Akinterinwa 26
Oke 2,511
Jimoh Ibrahim 589
7. AKOKO NORTH EAST LG
Aiyedatiwa 1, 664
Akinterinwa 135
Oke 138
Jimoh Ibrahim 505
8. AKOKO NORTH WEST LG
Aiyedatiwa 5, 430
Akinterinwa 198
Oke 2, 721
Jimoh Ibrahim 728
9. AKOKO SOUTH EAST LG
Aiyedatiwa 2, 533
Akinterinwa 43
Oke 391
Jimoh Ibrahim 67
10. AKOKO SOUTH WEST LG
Aiyedatiwa 2, 747
Akinterinwa 272
Oke 415
Jimoh Ibrahim 466
11. OSE LG
Aiyedatiwa 1, 091
Akinterinwa 39
Oke 800
Jimoh Ibrahim 267
12. IRELE LG
Aiyedatiwa 1, 203
Akinterinwa 15
Oke 93
Jimoh Ibrahim 139
13. ODIGBO LG
Aiyedatiwa 2, 631
Akinterinwa 114
Oke 138
Jimoh Ibrahim 845
14. AKURE NORTH LG
Aiyedatiwa 2, 860
Akinterinwa 177
Oke 1, 239
Jimoh Ibrahim 1, 606
15. AKURE SOUTH LG
Aiyedatiwa 3, 265
Akinterinwa 86
Oke 328
Jimoh Ibrahim 294
16. IFEDORE
CANCELED
17. ONDO EAST LG
Aiyedatiwa 4, 803
Akinterinwa 141
Oke 1, 171
Jimoh Ibrahim 406
18. OKITIPUPA LG
Aiyedatiwa 1, 622
Akinterinwa 27
Oke 1, 571
Jimoh Ibrahim 109
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