Aiyedatiwa won in all of the 18 local government areas of the state, the electoral body said.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily– The incumbent governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Aiyedatiwa won in all of the 18 local government areas of the state, the electoral body said.
Aiyedatiwa was the deputy governor of Ondo State until 2023 when he took over the affairs of the state following the death of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu..
He was declared the winner of the election on Sunday afternoon by the INEC Returning Officer for the election, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Lokoja, Prof. Olayemi Akinwunmi, at the State Collation Center in Akure, the state capital.
He said Aiyedatiwa, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled 366,781 votes to defeat his closest challenger and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Agboola Ajayi, who scored 117, 845 votes.
The Returning Officer announced the results as, “A – 186, AA – 58, AAC – 304 ADC – 4138, ADP -1522, APC – 366,781, APGA -623, APM -162, APP – 83, LP – 1162, NNPP – 206 NRM – 298, PDP – 117,845, PRP -229, SDP – 438, YP – 134, YPP – 216 ZLP – 2,692
“Total valid votes: 497077, rejected votes – 11886, total votes cast: 508, 963, PVCs collected: 1,757,205, and registered voters: over 2 million.
“That Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa of the APC, having satisfied all the requirements of the law and scored the majority of the lawful votes, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”