Aiyedatiwa emerges winner of Ondo governorship election

The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate and incumbent governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has emerged as the winner of the Ondo State Governorship election held on Saturday.

Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi, the Returning Officer of INEC and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lokoja, was declared the Aiyedatiwa winner on Sunday in Akure after results from the 18 local government areas were received and counted.

Akinwumi said that the APC candidate, Aiyedatiwa, polled 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr Ajayi Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 117,845 votes.

Mr Neyo Adeyemi of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) came a distant third, polling 4,138 votes.

"I, Olayemi Akinwumi, hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the 2024 off-cyle Ondo State Governorship election held on November 16, 2024

“The election was contested, and Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the APC polled 366,781 while Ajayi Agboola of the PDP scored 117,845.

"I, Olayemi Akinwumi, announce that Aiyedatiwa Lucky Orimisan of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is here to declare the winner and return elected,” he said.

Supreme News reports that Aiyedatiwa defeated Ajayi, a former deputy governor during the first term of the late Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu, and 16 other contenders in the 18 LGA of the state.

The election held on Saturday was generally reported as peaceful and without any incidence of violence or ballot snatching.