Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has maintained the lead in the Ondo State governorship election as results from 15 out of 18 Local Governments are announced.
This is according to results announced by the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission at its collation centre in Akure.
Candidate of the APC, Akeredolu won in 12 LGAs while Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled the highest votes in three LGAs. The candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), and Deputy governor of the state, is yet to win any LGA.
The results show that out of the 17 political parties that are participating in the election, Akeredolu has 229,309 votes, Jegede has garnered 170,138 votes while Ajayi trails with 53,422 votes.
Akeredolu of the APC leads his closest contender, Jegede with 59,171 votes.
Breakdown of Results From 15 LGAs
1: Owo LGA APC – 35,957 PDP – 5,311 ZLP – 408
2: Ondo East LGA APC: 6, 485 PDP: 4,049 ZLP: 3,221
3: Akoko North-West LGA APC: 15,809 PDP: 10, 320 ZLP: 3,477
4: Akoko South-West LGA APC: 21,322 PDP: 15,055 ZLP: 2,775
5: Akoko North-East APC: 16,572 PDP: 8,380 ZLP: 3 ,532
6: Irele LGA APC: 12,643 PDP: 5,493 ZLP: 5,904
7: Ile Oluji LGA APC:13278 PDP: 9231 ZLP:1971
8: Ifedore LGA APC – 9350 PDP – 11852 ZLP – 1863
9: Akure North LGA APC – 9546