UPDATES: Ondo Polls – Collated Result For 11 Local Government Areas
NAN: Collated results early Sunday in the Ondo state governorship election show that APC has won in nine out of the eleven local governments released.
The contending candidates are Mr Rotimi Akeredolu of APC and Mr Eyitayo Jegede of PDP.
The results are being collated at the headquarters of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akure, Ondo state capital.
PDP has the highest number of votes in two local governments.
The results from the local governments are hereunder as announced.
| Initial Results | LGA |
| APC 4, 253, PDP 7,313 | Ondo East |
| APC 10,681, PDP 8,306 | Ile Oluji Okeigbo |
| APC 13,464 PDP 6,493 | Akoko North east |
| APC 10,958 PDP 6,742 | Ifedore |
| APC 11,138 , AD 6,710, PDP 5,907 | Irele |
| APC 13,454, PDP 6,520 | Ose |
| APC 10,673, PDP 17,382 | Ondo West |
| APC 6,384, PDP 4,239 | Akoko south east |
| APC 19,892, PDP 7,691, AD 9,359 | Akoko South West |
| APC 13,048, PDP 6,049 | Akoko North West |
| APC 10,710 PDP 6119 | Akure north |
Some voters had commended the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies for a hitch-free governorship election.
In Okitipupa, they said that the card readers functioned seamlessly in the area making the accreditation and voting process to be fast.
They also lauded the security agencies for their prompt action to stop criminality at polling centres.
Mr Wale Adekoya, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in the area, told NAN that there was no challenge to the card readers usage.
“I have to commend INEC for their early distribution of materials, the punctuality of their staff as well as the effective functioning of the card reader machines,” he said.
An Alliance for Democracy agent, Mr Rotimi Olasenoja, also commended security agents for their prompt action to make the election credible.
” We have enough security agents on ground and they are doing their job,” he said
Mrs Adewunmi Oloko, an APC supporter, also said the election was fair and credible.
Mr Dare John, INEC’s Presiding Officer for Okitipupa Ward 2, Unit 017, said that the voters were cooperative and orderly in their conduct, promoting a smooth electoral process.
“The electorate cooperated with us and were orderly too and we have no issue with the card reader machine,” John said.
A Superintendent of Police and Head of the police patrol team, Earnest Ejong, also said that no suspect was arrested so far in connection with election crime.
