Just In: Aiyedatiwa Declared Winner Of Ondo APC Primary Election

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has been declared as the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election held on Saturday by the Chairman of the Governorship Committee, and Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo.

Ododo said Aiyedatiwa scored 48,569 to defeat his former Deputy Speaker of the state house assembly, Hon Mayowa Akinfolarin who got 15,343 votes.

The governor won in 16 out of the 17 local governments where the election was declared by the returning officers while the election of the Ifedore local government area of the state was canceled as a result of violence in the council area.

The breakdown of votes scored by each of the candidates is as follows:

Lucky Aiyedatiwa -48,569
Chief Olusola Oke (SAN)-14,915
Jimoh Ibrahim-9,456
Wale Akinterinwa-1,952
Olusoji Ehinlanwo-492
Jimi Odimayo-490
Isaacs Kekemeke-1,045
Olugbenga Edema-395
Olamide Ohunyeye-424
Morayo Lebi-290
Oladiran Iyantan-348
Prof. Francis Faduyile-353
Mayowa Akinfolarin-15,343
Ifeoluwa Oyedele-462
Funmilayo Adekojo -529
Funke Omogoroye-115.

The breakdown of the votes per local government is as follows:

1:ILAJE LG
Aiyedatiwa 2,485
Akinterinwa. 26
Oke. 2,511
Jimoh Ibrahim 589

2: Ile Oluji/Okeigbo
Voters: 4309
Accredited: 3097
Valid: 3097
Jimoh Ibrahim: 282
Aiyedatiwa: 1225
WA: 474

3: Ondo West LG:
Voters: 22122
Accredited: 17679
Valid: 17679
Jimoh Ibrahim: 2668
AIYEDATIWA: 10610

4: Ese-Odo LG
Aiyedatiwa 298
Akinterinwa 0
Oke 147
Jimoh Ibrahim 174

5: Owo LG

Aiyedatiwa 2,123
Akinterinwa. 345
Oke 225
Jimoh Ibrahim 192

6: Idanre LG

Aiyedatiwa 1, 579
Akinterinwa 119
Oke 225
Jimoh Ibrahim 120

7: Akoko North East

Aiyedatiwa 1, 664
Akinterinwa 135
Oke 138
Jimoh Ibrahim 505

8: Akoko Northwest

Aiyedatiwa 5, 430
Akinterinwa 198
Oke 2, 721
Jimoh Ibrahim 728

9: Akoko Southeast

Aiyedatiwa 2, 533
Akinterinwa 43
Oke 391
Jimoh Ibrahim 67

10: Akoko Southwest

Aiyedatiwa 2, 747
Akinterinwa 272
Oke 415
Jimoh Ibrahim 466

11: There is no result for Ifedore local government as a result of widespread violence. The returning officer, Olivia Opala said all the aspirants scored zero.

12: Ose LG

Aiyedatiwa 1, 091
Akinterinwa 39
Oke 800
Jimoh Ibrahim 267

13: Irele LG

Aiyedatiwa 1, 203
Akinterinwa 15
Oke 93
Jimoh Ibrahim 139

14: Odigbo LG

Aiyedatiwa 2, 631
Akinterinwa 114
Oke 138
Jimoh Ibrahim 845

15: Akure North

Aiyedatiwa 2, 860
Akinterinwa 177
Oke 1, 239
Jimoh Ibrahim 1, 606

16: Akure South LG
Aiyedatiwa 3, 265
Akinterinwa 86
Oke 328
Jimoh Ibrahim 294

17 Okitipupa LG

Aiyedatiwa 1, 622
Akinterinwa 27
Oke 1, 571
Jimoh Ibrahim 109

18: Ondo East LG

Aiyedatiwa 4, 803
Akinterinwa 141
Oke 1, 171
Jimoh Ibrahim 406

Ododo, however, said the election went peacefully in many local governments with skirmishes in some of the council areas of the state.

He said the total number of voters was 171, 922 while 95,178 were accredited. The total votes cast was 9,5178 and the valid votes were 9,5178