Tag: Ondo 2020
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BREAKING: INEC announces Akeredolu winner of Ondo election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Rotimi Akeredolu as the winner of the Ondo State Governorship election. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Akeredolu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled a total of 292,839 votes to win the election. While Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) garnered 193,585 votes, leaving a margin…
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Ondo Poll: NGO condemns vote buying
Condemning what it called serious vote buying during the Ondo Governorship election, the Centre for Democracy Development (CDD), a non-govermental Organasation (NGO), on Saturday alleged that politicians engaged in the fraud. The CDD Director, Idayat Hassan, disclosed this during an interactive session with newsmen in Akure, the state capital. Hassan said CDD noted that politicians…
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BREAKING: Ondo 2020: ZLP members defect to APC
Some members of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in Ondo State, on Monday, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akure, ahead of the October 10 governorship election in the state. The defectors were led by Mr Busayo Olamigoke, a former ZLP Chairman in Ondo East Local Government area, who recently resigned from the…
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Ondo 2020: 10 political parties agree to adopt consensus candidate
Ten political parties have agreed to work for a consensus candidate during the governorship election in Ondo State on Oct. 10. The parties are working together under the Conference of INEC Registered Political Parties (CIRPP). The CIRPP said this in Lagos on Thursday in a statement jointly issued by its Chairman, Mr Olugbemi Ogunbameru (SDP),…
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Ondo 2020: We will improve on defects in Edo – INEC
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mammud, on Thursday said the defects observed in last Saturday’s governorship polls in Edo State would be improved upon in the October 10 polls in Ondo State. Prof. Mammud who assured that the commission would be neutral in the conduct of the Ondo poll said its…
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Ondo 2020: One killed, many injured as thugs engage ZLP members
The countdown to the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State has continued to hot up following attacks by members of political parties against each other. The latest of the attacks occurred on Wednesday evening in Alade Idanre in Idanre Local Government Area of the state leading to the death of one person. With many…
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Ondo 2020: Jimoh Ibrahim dumps PDP, donates 20 campaign vehicles to Akeredolu
Ahead of the Oct. 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Dr Jimoh Ibrahim on Friday officially dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibrahim also donated 20 Kia Picanto cars to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu APC candidate toward his re-election campaign. Ibrahim,…
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Ondo 2020: Seyi Makinde heads PDP 145-member campaign council
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has been appointed as Chairman of the campaign committee for the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State by the National Central Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The 145-member list, released by the PDP on Tuesday, has Bello Matawallen Maradaun as Deputy Chairman and Abdullahi Maibasira…
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Ondo 2020: Do all you can to ensure Akeredolu is reelected, Buni tells Sanwo-Olu, others
The Chairman of the All Progressive Congress Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, has charged the Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Ondo State Governorship Election National Campaign Council to work assiduously to ensure the state remains within the APC family. Buni made the call while inaugurating the campaign council at the APC National Secretariat, in Abuja,…
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Ondo 2020: INEC releases provisional list of governorship candidates
The provisional full list of all the governorship candidates and their running mates in the October 10 election in Ondo State is now on display across the state and the website of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The list was posted yesterday by the commission in line with the Electoral Act. All the candidates…