- Akeredolu Wins Re-election, Clears 15 Of 18 LGAs
In the last two local governments declared, APC won in Ilaje with 26,657 votes to 11,128 votes scored by the PDP.
Akeredolu also defeated Agboola Ajayi, the candidate of the ZLP in his Ese Odo Local Government Area.
While the APC candidate scored 13, 383 votes, the ZLP candidate polled 4760 votes above the 4680 score by the PDP.
Of the 18 Ondo LGAs, the APC has won in 15 including: Ile Oluji/Oke-Igbo, Irele, Akoko North-East, Akoko South-West, Akoko North-West, Ondo East, Owo, Idanre and Akoko South-East, Ose, Odigbo, Okitipupa, and Ondo West, Ilaje and Ese Odo.
The PDP won in Akure South, Akure North and Ifedore local government areas, while the ZLP did not win in any local government.
- Akeredolu Maintains Lead After 15 LGAs Results
Ondo State Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Akeredolu, has held on to his lead in the Saturday’s governorship poll.
Results from 15 Local Governments showed that Akeredolu won in 12 LGAs while the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, won three.
Akeredolu has so far garnered 229,309 votes while Eyitayo Jegede has 170,138 votes with 3 LGAs left.
The Deputy Governor and Zenith Labour Party candidate, Agboola Ajayi, lags with 53,422 votes.
RESULTS FROM 15 LGAs:
1: Owo LGA
APC – 35,957
PDP – 5,311
ZLP – 408
2: Ondo East LGA
APC: 6, 485
PDP: 4,049
ZLP: 3,221
3: Akoko North-West LGA
APC: 15,809
PDP: 10, 320
ZLP: 3,477
4: Akoko South-West LGA
APC: 21,322
PDP: 15,055
ZLP: 2,775
5: Akoko North-East
APC: 16,572
PDP: 8,380
ZLP: 3,532
6: Irele LGA
APC: 12,643
PDP: 5,493
ZLP: 5,904
7: Ile Oluji LGA
APC:13278
PDP: 9231
ZLP:1971
8: Ifedore LGA
APC – 9350
PDP – 11852
ZLP – 1863
9: Akure North LGA
APC – 9546
PDP- 12263
ZLP- 1046
10: Idanre LGA
APC: 11286
PDP: 7499
ZLP: 3623
11: Idanre LGA
APC: 11286
PDP: 7499
ZLP: 3623
12: Akure South LGA
APC: 17,277
PDP: 47,627
ZLP: 2,236
13: Akoko South-East LGA
APC – 9419
PDP- 4003
ZLP – 2004
14: Ose LGA
APC – 15,122
PDP -8421
ZLP – 1083
15: Okitipupa LGA
APC – 19266
PDP – 10367
ZLP – 10120
- Akeredolu Wins In 10 Of 13 LGAs Announced So Far
- Jegede Has 3
See INEC Official Results
Idanre LGA
APC: 11,286
PDP: 7,499
ZLP: 3,623
Akure North LGA
APC: 9,546
PDP: 12,263
ZLP: 1, 046
Akure South LGA
APC – 17277
PDP – 47627
ZLP – 2236
Okitipupa LGA
APC: 19,266
PDP: 10,367
ZLP: 10,120
Owo LGA
APC: 35957
PDP: 5311
ZLP: 408
Ile Oluji LGA
APC:13,287
PDP: 9231
ZLP:1971
Akoko North East
APC:16,572
PDP: 8380
ZLP:3532
Akoko South West
APC:21,232
PDP:15,055
ZLP:2755
Akoko South East
APC:9419
PDP:4003
ZLP:2004
Irele LG
APC: 12,643
PDP:5493
ZLP:5904
Ose LG
APC:15,122
PDP:8421
ZLP:1083
Ifedore
APC:9350
PDP:11852
ZLP:1863
Ondo East LGA
APC 6485
PDP 4049
ZLP 3221
- Governor Akeredolu’s Re-election Strongly On Course
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has established a wide margin of lead over his main challengers in the Ondo governorship election held Saturday.
The New Diplomat reports that results uploaded on the INEC portal: inecelectionresults.com show he has surged ahead of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr Eyitayo Jegede and the Zenith Labour candidate (ZLP) candidate, Hon Agboola Ajayi.
- See Results from INEC portal
Akoko South West
Ward Result Okia/Korowaa/Simerin/UBA
APC 1720
PDP: 1160
ZLP: 221
Ward Result Oka II Ikanmu
APC 1377
PDP: 1036
ZLP 107
Owo LGA
Ward : 09 Isuada/ Ipenmen/ Idasan/ Obasooto
Polling Unit : 018
PDP- 13
APC- 262
OSE LGA Ward 10
Unit 2
APC: 85
PDP: 36
ZLP: 0
Total accredited votes: 128
OSE LGA Ward 10
Unit 2
APC: 85
PDP: 36
ZLP: 0
Odigbo Local Government.
Ward: 10 ( Ore 1)
Polling Unit: 003 ( St Paul’s Pry Schl.)
APC- 179
PDP-68
ZLP-57
Ward 10 Ore 1
PDP:54
APC: 209
ADC: 6
ZLP: 49
Odigbo LGA Ward 07
PU/24/13/07/11
APC-74
PDP-29
ZLP-4
Ward 07
PU/24/13/07/010
APC-36
PDP-16
ZLP-1
Ward 07
PU/24/13/07/007
APC-75
PDP-26
ZLP-9
LP-1
Ward 10 Ore 1
Polling unit: 13
APC: 109
PDP: 35
ZLP: 55
PU 021, Ward 10, Ore 1, Odigbo LGA
APC — 188
PDP — 22
ZLP — 55
Odigbo local government
Ward 10 Ore 1
Polling unit: 13
APC: 109
PDP: 35
ZLP: 55
Odigbo LGA
Ward 10 Ore 1
PDP:54
APC: 209
ZLP: 49
Odigbo LGA
Ward 07
PU/24/13/07/007
APC-75
PDP-26
ZLP-9
LP-1
Odigbo LGA
Ward 07
PU/24/13/07/010
APC-36
PDP-16
ZLP-1
Odigbo LGA
Ward 07
PU/24/13/07/11
APC-74
PDP-29
ZLP-4
Odigbo Local Government.
Ward: 10 ( Ore 1)
Polling Unit: 003 ( St Paul’s Pry Schl. )
APC- 179
PDP-68
ZLP-57
Odigbo Local Government.
Ward: 10 ( Ore 1)
Polling Unit: 002 ( St Paul’s Pry Sch)
APC- 181
PDP-67
ZLP-57
PU 006, Ward 08, Odigbo, Odigbo LGA.
APC — 104
PDP — 54
ZLP — 30
PU 019, Ward 08, Odigbo, Odigbo LGA.
APC — 126
PDP — 64
ZLP — 30
PU 013, Ward 08, Odigbo, Odigbo LGA.
APC — 145
PDP — 115
ZLP — 37
PU 002, Ward 08, Odigbo, Odigbo LGA.
APC — 94
PDP — 36
ZLP — 25
PU 007, Ward 08, Odigbo, Odigbo LGA
APC — 108
PDP — 84
ZLP — 22
Owo LGA
Ward : 11 (Uso / Emure Ile)
Polling Unit : 017
PDP- 28
APC- 80
ZLP- 2
Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo LGA (Ondo South Sen. District)
Ward 04, PU 003
APC – 201
PDP – 109
ZLP – 13
Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo LGA (Ondo South Sen. District)
Ward 02, PU 006
APC – 104
PDP – 161
ZLP – 30
Ward: Mahin III, PU: 015
APC-76,
PDP-37,
ZLP-15
TOTAL 131
Odigbo local government
Ward 13 Ebijan
Polling Unit 5, collation centre Obajare
Zenith: 21
PDP: 37
APC: 93
Owo LGA
Ward : 11 (Uso / Emure Ile)
Polling Unit : 019
PDP- 16
APC- 69
Owo LGA
IJEBU 11 Ward 05
PU 006
Governor Akeredolu’s polling unit
APC – 413
PDP – 12
Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo LGA (Ondo South Sen. District)
Ward 04, PU 006
APC – 158
PDP – 95
ZLP – 9
Odigbo Local Government.
Ward 08 Odigbo, PU 012
APC – 203
PDP – 55
ZLP – 31
PU 007, Ward 03, Ajue, Odigbo LGA.
APC — 91
PDP — 39
ZLP — 26
PU 008, Ward 03, Ajue, Odigbo LGA.
APC — 147
PDP — 68
ZLP — 22
PU 010, Ward 03, Ajue, Odigbo LGA.
APC — 111
PDP — 86
ZLP — 21
Odigbo Local Government.
Ward: 08 ( Odigbo)
Polling Unit: 003 Town Hall area.
APC- 145
PDP-115
ZLP-37
PU 014, Ward 08, Odigbo, Odigbo LGA.
APC — 171
PDP — 56
ZLP — 41
PU 001, Ward 08, Odigbo, Odigbo LGA.
APC — 107
- Akeredolu, Jegede, Ajayi Clear Polling Units
By Gbenga Abulude (Politics & General Desk)
As a proof of popularity at their respective homefronts, the three major candidates in the Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo state have all won their polling units with gaping votes.
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State ecorded landslide victory at his polling unit 004, St Luke’s CAC Primary School Prison Quarters, Owo, over his opponent, Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP.
In the results declared by the INEC’s returning Officer at the unit, Akeredolu polled 413 votes to defeat his closest challenger and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who polled 12 votes.
Zenith Labour Party candidate and Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi had no votes.
11 ballots were voided.
- Agboola Wins
Ondo Deputy Governor and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) governorship candidate, Hon Agboola Ajayi emerged victorious, clearing the votes in his polling unit, Apoi Ward II, Unit 004 located at Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government.
Ajayi polled 395 votes while the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu got 13 votes.
His Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Mr Eyitayo Jegede got 5 votes while the candidates of the LP and the AAC got one vote each.
6 votes were voided.
- Just In: Jegede wins polling unit
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr Eyitayo Jegede also won his polling unit.
He polled 220 votes to defeat Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 60 votes.
Hon Agboola Ajayi of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) polled seven votes.
The PDP candidate voted at Unit 009, Ward 2, Akure LG located inside Sacred Heart Primary School, Cathedral in Akure.
At the second unit in the primary school, Jegede polled 158 votes to defeat APC candidate who polled 43 and ZLP who polled only 4 votes.
- Ondo Guber Results Trickle In: Jegede Wins Polling Unit
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr Eyitayo Jegede has won his polling unit.
He polled 220 votes to defeat Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 60 votes.
Hon Agboola Ajayi of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) polled seven votes.
The PDP candidate voted at Unit 009, Ward 2, Akure LG located inside Sacred Heart Primary School, Cathedral in Akure.
At the second unit in the primary school, Jegede polled 158 votes to defeat APC candidate who polled 43 and ZLP who polled only 4 votes.
- I Was Not Injured, Akeredolu’s Wife Reacts To Viral Video
Governor Akeredolu’s Wife, Betty has said nobody attacked her as claimed in one viral video that surfaced online Saturday afternoon
“That is insane, that is absurd. That tells you how desperate people can be in politics or our political landscape,” she said while reacting to the video.
“I am here in the ambience of my country home and somebody is there doctoring video that I was injured.
“Were you the one that injured me? Such desperation will not do any good to them.
“The detractors want to damage the exercise, to distort information and put one on a bad light. It is all false. We will emerge victorious,” she added.
- Navy Rescue INEC Staff On Capsized Boat
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said its staff members involved in a boat mishap on Friday while conveying materials for the governorship election in Ondo state have all been rescued.
A video which went viral on Saturday showed some officials of INEC shouting as the boat conveying them and materials to riverine areas for the voting exercise capsized.
A statement from the publicity directorate of the Commission reads; “INEC can confirm that there was an incident last night during the movement of personnel and materials to the riverine Registration Areas of Ilaje LGA of Ondo State for today’s governorship election.
“Fortunately, all personnel and election materials were rescued when the boat capsized.
“This was made possible by the officers and personnel of the Nigeria Navy who escorted the boats.
“The movement was eventually concluded and voting commenced as planned in all the polling units today.
“INEC commends the resilience and professionalism of the Nigerian Navy as well as those of all other personnel involved in the exercise”.
- ZLP’s Agboola Ajayi Casts His Ballot
Ondo State Deputy Governor and Zenith Labour Party governorship candidate, Agboola Ajayi, cast his vote about 10.32 a.m at Apoi Ward II, Unit 004 in the 2020 Ondo governorship election.
Ajayi, who lauded the impressive turnout at his unit, said, “Ondo State people are ready to vote freely. In any contest, there must be a winner. They should have allowed the process to be free and fair.
“You can see the turnout that has been very encouraging here. But I want to also say that the way we have seen it here, the security arrangement is a bit compromised which is not exactly what happened in Edo State.”
- Persons With Disabilities Matter Too At The Poll
A physically challenge casting her vote with the ballot box dropped on a flat surface to enable her vote @ ward 11, PU 006, Akure North, Ondo State. #DisabilityVotesMatter #ParticipateToday #OndoDecides2020
With support from @NEDemocracy @NDI @voicetweetz @IFESDisability pic.twitter.com/ACrghZ2yqv
— Inclusive Friends Association (@inclusivefrnds) October 10, 2020
- Jegede, Wife Finally Vote After Queuing For Hours
PDP candidate, Eyitayo Jegede and his wife, Eno, arrived at Ward 2, Polling Unit 09, Akure South Local Government, around 09:00am, but had to wait for about 3 hours on the queue before casting their ballots due to the delay caused by a malfunctioning card reader.
Jegede said he didn’t want to jump the queue.
“Don’t forget that I am a citizen of this state. The same blood that flows in my veins flows in their veins. It is only fair that we stay where we should be.
“The truth is that so many people came here so early and it will be unfair for me to jump the queue. We must lay good examples, we must lay good narratives,” he told journalists.
- ‘God Will Give Me Victory’ , Says APC’s Akeredolu After Casting Ballot
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has cast his vote along with his wife.
The Governor arrived at his Polling Unit 6, Ward 5 at Isokub in the Ijebu Owo area of the state by 9.37am after the rain which started earlier had stopped.
Akeredolu who was dressed in a white Agbada, was not allowed to join the queue as he was ushered to where he was accredited together with his wife, Mrs Betty Anyawu-Akeredolu after which they cast their ballots.
Speaking to journalists after casting his vote, Akeredolu, said, he was sure, God would give him victory.
He said, “I am confident about winning this election. I have always said that mine is about God. I know that God in his infinite mercy will give me victory. My confidence is in God.”
- Akeredolu Votes In Owo
I just cast my Vote!#Ondo4Continuity #OndoElection2020
#OndoDecide2020 pic.twitter.com/bx7Ah1GWCq
— Rotimi Akeredolu (@R_Akeredolu) October 10, 2020
- #OndoDecides2020: Gunshots Rock Akure Polling Unit
There were sporadic shootings heard at Pollíng Unit 11, Edo Lodge in Oke Ijebu area of Akure.
The incident which occured past 9am this morning, was confirmed by Ondo PPRO, Mr Tee-Lee Ikoro.
He said Mobile Police operatives have been deployed to the scene.
This happened even as voters turn out were recorded in other wards and accreditation has commenced at polling unit six Ward five Owo local government where the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, is expected to cast his vote.
The voters were screened before accreditation.
- Boat Carrying INEC Officials Capsizes
Ondo2020 : #SnapAndSend#OndoDecides
Incident : BOAT CAPSIZES, CARRYING INEC OFFICIALS.
Location : ILAJE pic.twitter.com/T1qU3oQXRO— Snap And Send (@SnapAndSend) October 10, 2020
- PDP’s Jegede At Polling Unit
#OndoDecides2020-The governorship candidate of the @OfficialPDPNig, @TayoJegedeSAN, is already at his polling unit with his wife to cast his vote. People of Ondo state, #DefendYourVote pic.twitter.com/l9KF4AVEr6
— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) October 10, 2020
After the preppings that lasted for months, the D-day is here in Ondo state, Southwest Nigeria.
Voters are heading to the poll to elect a governor from the surplus 17 candidates on the ballot in this off-season guber election.
The New Diplomat in its pre-election analysis had reported that for their political clout and structures, the Saturday’s battle royale is primarily among the torchbearers of the All Progressives Congress (APC), incumbent Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Eyitayo Jegede, as well as the candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) Hon. Agboola Ajayi, who remains an incumbent Deputy Governor in spite of the months-long feud with his estranged boss, Akeredolu.
1,478,460 eligible electors are armed with Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) out of the 1,822,346 registered voters in Ondo state.
Jegede’s Ondo Central has the highest voting population in the state, followed by Ajayi’s South, and Akeredolu’s North, however, the three districts have six local government areas each with complex political dynamics.
The New Diplomat reports that the election is likely to go down as a keen contest as no political party has a sweeping dominance in all the areas in Ondo.
- 8:50 Acrreditation Commences
- I Have Not Stepped Down –Ajayi
The Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) has clarified that its governorship candidate, Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi, has not withdrawn from the race.
The party said the purported statement on the social media is fake.
The Director of Media and Publicity, Ajayi Campaign Organisation, said on phone that the withdrawal was a figment of hyperactive imagination. He said those peddling rumours and falsehood are agents of potential losers of the poll.
Akinsola stressed “They are weak and afraid. Ajayi has not withdrawn. Ajayi will not withdraw. He is in the race to win.”
- Police Go After Vote Buyers
The Nigerian Police Force on Friday said it has put plans in place to track vote buyers in the governorship election in Ondo state, Saturday.
As 17 candidates will be slogging it out, more than 1.4 million registered voters in 18 Local Government Areas of the state are expected to take part in the election.
The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Oyeleye Oyebade who is leading police operations for the Ondo poll said on Friday in an interview that his men are already mopping up suspected flashpoints and will keep their eyes wide open in search of vote buyers.
According to him, the police would provide adequate security during and after the Governorship election in the State.
He explained that more than 35,000 security personnel drawn from the Police, Army, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC are in the state.
The personnel are drawn from mobile units, anti bomb, counter terrorism and other special units. of the security agencies.
Oyebade said his men will deploy technology to ease their operations during and after the poll.
