The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the governorship election conducted in Ondo State on Saturday.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Aiyedatiwa, who is the incumbent Governor of Ondo, is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election.
He polled a total of 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival in the election, Agboola Ajayi, who is the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the election. The APC cleared all 18 local government areas.
While the PDP polled a total of 117,845 votes, the Labour Party (LP) polled 1,162 votes and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) polled 2,692 votes.
TNG reports the collation officer, Prof Olayemi Akinwunmi announced the result of the Ondo governorship election at the State headquarters of INEC in Akure.
Declaring the winner of the election after collation of results, Prof Akinwunmi said: “That I am the returning officer for the 2024 Ondo State governorship election held on the 16th day of November 2024.
“That Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the election and returned as elected”.