{"id":43757,"date":"2020-10-11T16:47:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T15:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=43757"},"modified":"2020-10-11T16:57:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T15:57:47","slug":"akeredolu-wins-ondo-gov-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/akeredolu-wins-ondo-gov-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Akeredolu Wins Ondo Gov Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Governor Rotimi Akeredolu winner of Saturday\u2019s governorship election in the state, having polled the highest score of 292,830 votes.<\/p>\n

Akeredolu defeated the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, who got 195,791 votes, and the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, of the Zenith Labour Party, who came a distant third with 69, 127 votes.<\/p>\n

The Ondo State Election Chief Returning Officer, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof Idowu Olayinka, made the announcement on Sunday at the INEC headquarters in Akure.<\/p>\n

Olayinka said, \u201cI hereby certify that I am the returning officer of the Ondo State election and that the election was conducted and the candidates received the following votes \u2013 Oluwarotimi Akeredolu got 292,830, Eyitayo Jegede got 195,791 and Agboola Ajayi got 69,127.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat Oluwarotimi Akeredolu secured the highest number of votes among the 17 contestants. Moreover, he was expected to score 25 per cent in two-thirds of the state but he scored it across the 18 LGAs.<\/p>

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\u201cConsequently, having satisfied the requirements of the law, I hereby declare Akeredolu as the winner and he is hereby returned elected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Jegede won the first LG (Ifedore) result to be announced,Akeredolu maintained a comfortable lead after 16 of the 18 LGAs’ results were announced.<\/p>\n

Jegede won in Akure South, Akure North, and Ifedore LGAs while the Deputy Governor and Zenith Labour Party candidate, Agboola Ajayi, won none.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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