Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state has been declared winner of Saturday’s governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

Aiyedatiwa scored 48,569 to defeat his closest rival, Mayowa Akinfolarin who polled 15,343 and emerged second at the keenly contested election.

Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, who served as Chairman of the Ondo State APC Governorship Primary Electoral Committee, declared the incumbent governor as winner of the primary election at about 1am, Monday.

The Kogi governor had earlier appealed to all aspirants who participated in the election to set aside their grievances and work together for the party’s success at the poll.

Ododo said, “Now that we have come to the significant end of this exercise, it is my duty to on behalf of our committee declare the winner of the election.”

Quoting relevant sections of the APC constitution where his committee derived their powers, Governor Ododo noted that having been constituted by the National Executive Council of the party, he and his team ensured that elections took place in all the 203 wards in Ondo State on Saturday.

He noted that he could confirm that the direct primary mode adopted by the party served its purpose as all members of the APC in the state were given sense of belonging to freely chose the party’s candidate in the scheduled November 2024 Ondo State Gubernatorial election.

He thereafter gave a breakdown of the exercise as follows:

Total number of voters – 171,922

Accredited voters – 95178

Total Votes cast – 95178

Total Valid votes – 95178

Invalid votes – Nil

I certify that all the aspirants scored the following votes:

1. Omooba O.O. Joy – 490

2. Judith – 115

3. Lucky Aiyedatiwa- 48,569

4. Isaacs Kekemeke – 1,045

5. Olusoji Ehinlanwo – 492

6. Olugbenga Edema – 395

7. Jimoh Ibrahim – 9,456

8. Waheed Funmilayo – 529

9. Mayowa Akinfolarin – 15,343

10. Adewale Akinterinwa – 1,952

11. Olusola Oke – 14,915

12. Ohuyeye Felix – 424

13. Morayo Lebi – 290

14. Garvey Iyantan – 348

15. Francis Faduyile – 353

16. Ifeoluwa Oyedele – 462

“By the power conferred on me and the committee, I as the returning officer of the Ondo State APC Governorship Electoral Committee,  hereby declare that Lucky O. Aiyedatiwa, having certified the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby returned elected and declared winner of the primary election,” he stated.

Those who came third and fourth in the election are; Olusola Oke (SAN), and Jimoh Ibrahim, who scored 14,915 and 9,456 respectively.

Meanwhile, the primary election recorded some pockets of violence on Saturday in Okitipupa, Akure, Idanre and Supare Akoko.

The latest addition to the records of violence was revealed by the returning officer of Ifedore local government, Chief Oliver Opala, when he was called to present the election results from his area of assignment, during the collation of results yesterday.

Opala disclosed that all candidates got zero from Ifedore local government because the atmosphere was not conducive for election.

Narrating his experience, he said, he and his team were almost attacked while moving round the local government to see whether people who had taken shelter in their various homes due to sound of gunshots that rent the air could come out for the exercise.

He noted that they had to leave the local government when all attempts to make election possible, proved abortive.

 

VOTES SCORED BY EACH OF THE LEADING ASPIRANTS IN THE 18 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF ONDO STATE 

Owo LG

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 2,123

Wale Akinterinwa – 345

Olusola Oke – 225

Jimoh Ibrahim – 192

 

Idanre LG 

Isaacs Kekemeke – 0

Jimoh Ibrahim – 120

Aiyedatiwa – 1,579

Akinterinwa – 119

Olusola Oke – 225

 

Ese Odo LG

Isaacs Kekemeke – 72

Jimoh Ibrahim – 174

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 298

Olusola Oke – 147

Wale Akinterinwa – 0

 

Ileoluji-Okeigbo LG 

Isaacs Kekemeke – 60

Jimoh Ibrahim – 282

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 1,225

Wale Akinterinwa – 494

Olusola Oke – 1,004

 

Ondo West LG 

Isaacs Kekemeke – 0

Jimoh Ibrahim – 2,668

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 10,610

Wale Akinterinwa – 29

Olusola Oke – 1,736

 

Ilaje LG 

Isaacs Kekemeke –

Jimoh Ibrahim – 589

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 2,485

Wale Akinterinwa – 26

Olusola Oke – 2,511

 

Ifedore LG (NO RESULT)

The returning officer, Chief Oliver Opala said no figure was recorded for all the aspirants. He said there were incidents of shooting and widespread violence.

He said, violence were recorded in all the wards. No election took place as people took shelter in their different homes due to the situation. Attempts were made to attack us.

 

Akoko North East LG 

Isaacs Kekemeke – 0

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 1,664

Wale Akinterinwa – 135

Olusola Oke – 138

Jimoh Ibrahim –

 

Akoko North West 

Isaacs Kekemeke – 513

Jimoh Ibrahim – 728

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 5,430

Wale Akinterinwa – 198

Olusola Oke – 2,721

 

Akoko South East

Isaacs Kekemeke – 0

Jimoh Ibrahim – 67

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 2,533

Wale Akinterinwa – 43

Olusola Oke – 391

 

Akoko South West 

Kekemeke – 66

Jimoh Ibrahim – 466

Aiyedatiwa – 2,747

Wale Akinterinwa – 272

Olusola Oke – 415

 

Ose LG 

Kekemeke – 169

Jimoh Ibrahim – 267

Aiyedatiwa – 1,091

Akinterinwa – 39

Olusola Oke – 800

 

Irele LG  

Jimoh Ibrahim – 139

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 1,203

Wale Akinterinwa – 15

Olusola Oke – 93

 

Akure North 

Isaacs Kekemeke – 0

Jimoh Ibrahim – 1,606

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 2,860

Wale Akinterinwa – 177

Olusola Oke – 1,239

 

Ondo East

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 4,803

Wale Akinterinwa – 141

Olusola Oke – 1,171

Jimoh Ibrahim – 406

 

Okitipupa LG 

Kekemeke – 0

Jimoh Ibrahim – 109

Aiyedatiwa – 1,622

Akinterinwa – 27

Olusola Oke – 1,571

 

ODIGBO LG

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 2,631

Wale Akinterinwa – 114

Olusola Oke – 138

Jimoh Ibrahim – 845

 

AKURE SOUTH LG

Lucky Aiyedatiwa – 3,265

Wale Akinterinwa – 86

Olusola Oke – 328

Jimoh Ibrahim –  294