Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward primary and the candidate of the party in the coming governorship election in the state
Aiyedatiwa amassed a total of 48,569 votes in the primaries while fellow contender, Mayowa Akinfolarin, polled 15,343 votes, 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.
In the meantime, a female aspirant in Saturday’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Folakemi Omogoroye, has called for the immediate cancellation of the poll.
In a statement on Sunday, Omogoroye claimed the primary failed to take place as anticipated, though the Chairman of the committee for the poll, Governor Usman Ododo. Omogoroye lamented the absence of election materials at voting materials at voting centers, sayig her supporters were unable to exercise their right to vote.
She called upon the party’s leader, President Bola Tinubu, to intervene and annul the purported election.
She threatened legal action if her demand for a fresh and transparent election is not met.
Some other aspirants, Olugbenga Edema, Olushola Oke, and Adewale Akinterinwa have also condemned the conduct of the exercise and called for a cancellation.
