Ondo 2024: Aiyedatiwa Declared Winner Of Ondo APC Governorship Primary

…Aiyedatiwa scored a total of 48,569 votes in the primaries while Mayowa Akinfolarin, polled 15,343 votes to come second, with Olusola Oke coming in third position with 14,865 votes

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Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been declared the winner of the APC ward primary and the candidate of the ruling party in the November governorship election in the state

Aiyedatiwa scored a total of 48,569 votes in the primaries while Mayowa Akinfolarin, polled 15,343 votes to come second, with Olusola Oke coming in third position with 14,865 votes.

He was declared the winner by the Chairman of the Governorship Primary Election Committee and Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo, in the early hours of Monday, who also noted that the electoral process went ”smoothly” with little skirmishes recorded.

”I can confirm that the direct mode of primary election adopted in the 2024 Ondo state governorship primary elections held in all 203 electoral wards in all the 18 LGAs in Ondo state,” Ododo said while announcing the winner.

The Ondo state governor coasted to victory in 16 of the 18 LGAs losing out on Ilaje LGA to third-placed Oke

Incidents of violence marred the election in Ifedore leading to cancellation of results.

According to the ruling APC register, 171,922 members from the 203 wards of the 18 local government areas of the state were expected to partake in Saturday’s primary.